Where does “అందరు” come from?

అందరు (Telugu) comes from Telugu అంత, from Proto-Dravidian a- — that, that there.

అందరు (Telugu): all persons, everyone, everybody

Definitions

  1. all persons, everyone, everybody

Ancestry of “అందరు”, step by step

అందరు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu అంత

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఅంతwhole; so much; then, afterwards
2Proto-Dravidiana-that, that there

via Telugu వారు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguవారుthey; third-person human distal plural personal...
Every word from Proto-Dravidian a-Every word from Telugu అంత