jamás | OEDoS

jamás (Adverb) "never" 12th cent. Ultimately from Latin iam magis "yet more" but the exact route is unclear. Probably borrowed from Old Occitan ja mais (Modern Occitan jamai). For the etymology of iam, see ya; for the etymology of magis, see más. Indo-European Romance Portuguese jamais, Italian giammai Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.