Where does “ఏకవచనము” come from?
ఏకవచనము (Telugu) comes from Telugu వచనము, from Sanskrit वचन, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
ఏకవచనము (Telugu): the singular number
Ancestry of “ఏకవచనము”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Telugu | వచనము | speech, speaking; word; sentence |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वचन | speaking; eloquent; speaking, utterance |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |