Where does “ఒకప్పుడు” come from?
ఒకప్పుడు (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఒక, from Telugu ఒకటి, from Proto-Dravidian oru — one.
ఒకప్పుడు (Telugu): At one time, once
Ancestry of “ఒకప్పుడు”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Telugu | ఒక | Of or pertaining to one |
| 2 | Telugu | ఒకటి | 1; one; another |
| 3 | Proto-Dravidian | oru | one |