Probably from ut quam , with intermediate Proto-Italic *utVs ( “ so that, as ” ) plus indefinitizing quam . Compare uspiam .
( Classical Latin ) IPA (key ) : /ˈus.kʷam/ , [ˈʊs̠kʷä̃ˑ]
usquam (not comparable )
( chiefly in the negative ) anywhere
Antonyms: nēcubi , nusquam
type
demonstrative
anaphoric
identity
interrogative/ relative
indefinite
negative
other
proximal
medial
distal
relative
indefinite
universal
free choice
negative polarity
basic
hic
iste , istic
ille , illic
is
ipse , īdem
quis /quī
quisquis , quīcumque
quis , quī , quīdam , aliquis , aliquī , quispiam
quisque
quīvis , quīlibet
quisquam , ūllus , °aliquisquam
nēmō , nihil , nūllus
alius
dual
uter
utercumque
alteruter
uterque
utervīs , uterlibet
neuter
alter
place
hīc
istīc
illīc
ibī̆
ibī̆dem
ubī̆
ubiubi , ubī̆cumque
alicubī , uspiam
ubīque
ubivīs , ubilibet
usquam
nusquam , nūllibī
alibī , aliās
source
hinc
istinc
illinc
inde
indidem
unde
undecumque , undeunde
alicunde
undique
°undelibet
aliunde
destination
hūc , °hōrsum
istūc , °istōrsum
illūc , °illōrsum
eō
eōdem
quō , quōrsum
quōquō , quōcumque
aliquō , quōpiam , °aliquōvorsum
quōvīs , quōlibet
quōquam
nusquam , nūllōrsum
aliō , aliōrsum
method, means, path, place
hāc
istāc
illāc
eā
eādem
quā
quāquā , quācumque
aliquā
quāque
quāvīs , quālibet
nēquāquam , haudquāquam
aliā
manner
hōc modō
istō modō
illō modō
ita , sīc ,eō modō
item , itidem
ut , quī , quō modō , quōmodo , quemadmodum
utut , utcumque , quōmodocumque
quī , quōdam modō , aliquō modō
utique
quōmodolibet
ūllō modō
nūllō modō
aliter , aliōquī , alterō /aliō modō
time
num , nunc
ōlim
tum , tunc
simul
quandō , ‡cum
cumque , quandōcumque , quandōque
quondam , aliquandō
quandōque
quandōlibet
umquam
numquam
aliās
quantity
tam
†tamen , †tandem
quam
†quamquam
aliquam
quamvīs , quamlibet
size
tantus
tantusdem
quantus
quantuscumque
aliquantus
quantusvīs , quantuslibet
quality
tālis
quālis
quālis , quāliscumque
aliquālis
quālislibet
number
tot
totidem
quot
quotquot , quotcumque
aliquot
quotlibet
order
totus
quotus
quotuscumque
aliquotus
quotuslibet
repetition
totiēns
quotiēns
quotiēnscumque
aliquotiēns
quotiēnslibet
multiplication
totuplex
quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative
“usquam ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“usquam ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
usquam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “usquam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 646
Ernout, Alfred , Meillet, Antoine (1985 ) “usquam ”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots [1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André , Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001 , page 1336