Etymograph

English

whenever

Whenever comes from Middle English whan evere.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500whan evere1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1987whenever1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English whenever
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1987, Richard Nixon, Letters to Trump: “I did not see the program, but Mrs. Nixon…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500whan evereWiktionary, English whenever
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1987wheneverWiktionary, English whenever. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1987, Richard Nixon, Letters to Trump: “I did not see the program, but Mrs. Nixon…”

Every English word from Middle English whan evere

Today it means

conj At any time that.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “whenever”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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