köken: で (de, conjunctive ("て-form") of copula だ/です) + も (mo, “even; too”). When でも follows a noun, で is the conjunctive or "て-form" of the copula だ/です. で can also appear in the conjunctive form of certain classes of verbs; in that case, でも can be analyzed as the conjunctive form of the verb + the inclusive particle も, and means "even if"; compare with the allomorph ても used for different classes of…