never

never

‘not ever, at no time’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. næbre, nefræ, nauære, neouuere, neuire, neure, nevir, newer < M.E. never < O.E. næfre ‘not ever, at no time’ < ne ‘not, no’ + æfre ‘ever’ < neh < ne- < Tamil al