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sabbaso

adverb (indeclinable)

1. in every way; entirely; completely; altogether; lit. from all
2. all around; everywhere; from all sides; lit. from all

Built from

• sabba — root · all, every
  Related to Sanskrit sarva and Latin totus; the sense of completeness and universality throughout the tradition.
• -so — ending · from (ablative)
  Ablative case marker derived from Proto-Indo-European *-smo; the spatial sense 'from all directions' remains transparent in the adverbial form.

Analysis. sabba (all, every) + -so (ablative suffix, from all/every direction). The suffix -so derives from Proto-Indo-European *-smo, cognate with Sanskrit -śas and the ablative marker -s. The compound means literally 'from all' or 'in all manner'.

Etymology. sabba (all) is a Proto-Indo-European word cognate with Latin totus and English total through Indo-European *swepo- (one's own, whole). The ablative suffix -so carries the spatial sense 'from, away from'; spatial prefixes and case endings preserve their concrete imagery even in adverbial formations.

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

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