Where does “ఒకసారి” come from?

ఒకసారి (Telugu) comes from Telugu ఒక, from Telugu ఒకటి, from Proto-Dravidian oru — one.

ఒకసారి (Telugu): once

Definitions

  1. once

Ancestry of “ఒకసారి”, step by step

ఒకసారి traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Telugu ఒక

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TeluguఒకOf or pertaining to one
2Teluguఒకటి1; one; another
3Proto-Dravidianoruone

via Telugu సారి

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguసారిtime, turn, instance, occasion, repetition
Every word from Proto-Dravidian oru →Every word from Telugu ఒకటి →Every word from Telugu ఒక →