usquam

Latin

Etymology

Probably from ut +‎ quam, with intermediate Proto-Italic *utVs (“so that, as”) plus indefinitizing quam. Confer uspiam.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈus.kʷam/, [ˈʊs.kʷã]

Adverb

usquam (not comparable)

  1. anywhere

Derived terms

References
  • usquam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • usquam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • usquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “usquam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 646
  • Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001), “usquam”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 1336
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