"of whatever nature, kind, or sort," mid-13c., quuat-so-euere, from whatso "whatever" (c. 1200; see what), an emphatic referring to things, + ever. A double intensive of what. As an adjective from mid-15c.
no milk whatsoever is left
wharfinger
what
whatchamacallit
whatever
whatnot
whatsoever
wheal
wheat
wheatear
wheaten
whee