LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

quōnam

quōnam (not comparable)

Meaning

  1. not comparableto whatever place; whither

quō-nam, adv.
I. Whither pray? (class.): quo tu te agis? Char. Quonam, nisi domum? Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 71; id. Merc. 5, 2, 16: eam si nunc sequor, quonam? Cic. Att. 8, 3, 5: quonam haec omnia, nisi ad suam perniciem pertinere? Caes. B. C. 1, 9, 4.—
II. How far pray? quonam usque? Stat. Th. 1, 215; 9, 511; id. Achill. 1, 624; Gell. 1, 3, 19.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  4. Latinquōnam

Latin quī Latin quō Latin -nam Latin quōnam From quō + -nam.

Quick answers

What does quōnam mean in Latin?
quōnam, a adverb, means “to whatever place; whither”.
Where does quōnam come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *kʷos → Proto-Italic *kʷoi → Latin quōnam.