everywhen - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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
?
English everywhen
everywhen (not comparable)
- (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.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VIII, Unworking Aristocracy:
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]