Where does “ఇంతకుముందు” come from?

ఇంతకుముందు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఇంత, from Telugu ఈ, from Telugu అంత, from Proto-Dravidian a- — that, that there.

ఇంతకుముందు (Telugu): before this, previously (in the recent or distant past)

Definitions

  1. before this, previously (in the recent or distant past)

Ancestry of “ఇంతకుముందు”, step by step

ఇంతకుముందు traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఇంత

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఇంతthis much
2TeluguఈThis, these, as ఈ చోటున in this place; ఈ కావులు...
3Teluguఅంతwhole; so much; then, afterwards
4Proto-Dravidiana-that, that there

via Telugu ముందు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguముందుfront; fore
2Proto-Dravidian*munprevious, before, front
Every word from Proto-Dravidian a- →Every word from Telugu అంత →Every word from Telugu ఈ →