alusta alkaen

== Finnish == === Etymology === alusta (“from the start”) + alkaen (“beginning”) === Adverb === 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 ==== (from scratch): puhtaalta pöydältä, tyhjästä ==== Related terms ==== alun alkaen