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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Old English ā

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Proto-West Germanic *ferh

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English everywhen

From every + when.

everywhen (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Always, at all times.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VIII, Unworking Aristocracy:
      Everywhere and everywhen a man has to ‘pay with his life;’ to do his work, as a soldier does, at the expense of life.

The word is usually collocated with everywhere in the phrase everywhere and everywhen, where it often denotes continuous existence or inexistence in time and space, and as such, it is commonly found in theological and spiritual contexts.[1]

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