-ever

suffix

Attached to interrogatives, forms indefinite pronouns and adverbs.

OriginMiddle English -ever →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Attached to interrogatives, forms indefinite pronouns and adverbs.

Origin

  1. Middle English-ever
  2. English-ever

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

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APA

-ever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ever

MLA

“-ever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ever. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ever,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ever.

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