quandocumque
Latin
Etymology
Derived from quandō (“when”) + -cumque (indefinite suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷan.doːˈkʊŋ.kʷɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷan.doˈkum.kʷe]
Adverb
quandōcumque (not comparable)
- whenever; at whatever time, as often as, at what time soever, as soon as
Related terms
Latin correlatives (edit)
Descendants
- Old French: quanconque (possibly a calque)
- French: quanconque (dialectal)
- → Interlingua: quandocunque
References
- “quandocumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quandocumque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quandocumque”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.