Where does “একেবারে” come from?

একেবারে (Bengali) comes from Assamese -এ, from Old Bengali -অই, from Prakrit -𑀅𑀇, from Sanskrit -अति.

একেবারে (Bengali): thoroughly

Definitions

  1. thoroughly

Ancestry of “একেবারে”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assamese-এand, with; The marker of the ergative case with...
2Old Bengali-অই
3Prakrit-𑀅𑀇
4Sanskrit-अति
Every word from Sanskrit -अतिEvery word from Assamese -এEvery word from Prakrit -𑀅𑀇