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esevanto

sandhi contraction: eso + eva + anto

  1. just this is the end (of)

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Analysis. eso (masc. nom. sg. of eta, 'this') + eva (emphatic particle, 'just, only') + anto (nom. sg. of anta, 'end, boundary')—a contraction expressing finality: 'this very end', marking the conclusion of a discourse or state.

Etymology. anta descends from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (boundary, end); Latin ante (before, originally 'at the boundary'), Sanskrit anta- (end, limit), English end. The prefix eva- is an emphatic particle without clear etymology but cognate with Sanskrit eva (emphatic marker). eso derives from the demonstrative stem eta-, akin to Sanskrit etá- (this) and Greek autos (self, that one).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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