From: Piotr Gasiorowski Message: 61936 Date: 2008-12-07
On 2008-12-06 23:31, tgpedersen wrote:
> But if ever-y is to be divided that way, 'ever' is a noun.
This is a folk-etymological shot in the dark. The actual source of every
(early ME everich, everelch) is the LOE phrase <æ:fre æ:ghwilc/æ:lc>
(the second word = a:-ge-(hwy:-)li:c), literally 'ever each'.
Piotr
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