iamays

Middle French

Alternative forms

• iamais, jamais, jamays

Etymology

From Old French jamés (“ever; never”), from Latin iam (“already”) with magis (“more”).

Adverb

iamays

1. (with ne) never
2. 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

• French: jamais