Etymology

-ever

Today it means: Attached to interrogatives, forms indefinite pronouns and adverbs. Full definition →

Middle English -ever
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  1. Middle English · inherited from-ever
  2. English today-ever

From Middle English -ever, a cliticisation of the adverb ever.

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