alusta alkaen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]alusta (“from the start”) + alkaen (“beginning”)
Adverb
[edit]alusta alkaen (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) from the very beginning, from the outset, from the inception, from the word go, from the get-go
- from scratch
Synonyms
[edit]- (from scratch): puhtaalta pöydältä, tyhjästä