Where does “ఎప్పుడూ” come from?

ఎప్పుడూ (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఎప్పుడు, from Telugu ఏ, from Proto-Dravidian *yā.

ఎప్పుడూ (Telugu): always

Definitions

  1. always

Ancestry of “ఎప్పుడూ”, step by step

ఎప్పుడూ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఎప్పుడు

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఎప్పుడుwhen
2Teluguఏinterrogative adjective; which, what
3Proto-Dravidian*yā—

via Telugu ఉ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguఉthe independent form of the short vowel [u]
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *yā →Every word from Telugu ఏ →Every word from Telugu ఎప్పుడు →