Etymology

whomever

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Today it means: Whatever person or persons (as object of verb or preposition). Full definition →

Middle English whomever
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwhomever
  2. English todaywhomever

From Middle English whomever; equivalent to whom + -ever.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.