iamays
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Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French jamés (“ever; never”), from Latin iam (“already”) with magis (“more”).
Adverb[edit]
iamays
- (with ne) never
- ever
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 27:
- Et cellui me dist que ie le cherchasse se iamais y voulloye riens recouvrer
- And he said to me to look for him if ever I wanted to recover anything from there
Descendants[edit]
- French: jamais