quamquam

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Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Reduplication of quam. The original meaning was hypothetically “how(much)ever”; compare quisquis (whoever).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

quamquam

  1. though, although, albeit
Synonyms[edit]
  1. etsi, tamen
Descendants[edit]
  • Esperanto: kvankam (learned)

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • quamquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quamquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quamquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

quamquam

  1. accusative feminine singular of quisquis