aliquando

Aliquando is alius and quando welded together: "at some time or other". It pulls in two directions. Repeated or paired it is iterative - "sometimes, now and then", often set against a second aliquando. Standing alone at a turning point it means "at last, finally", and Cicero uses it that way with real impatience: quo usque tandem ... aliquando.

The rule that catches everyone out is the ali- rule. After si, nisi, ne and num the whole aliquis family drops its prefix, so you write si quando, ne quando, num quando, never si aliquando. The old jingle is worth learning: after si, nisi, ne and num, all the alis go away. Related: aliquis, aliquot, alicubi, aliquantus.