English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin ab (from) + origine, ablative singular of origo (earliest beginning, lineage, origin).

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) IPA(key): /æb əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/, /æb əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/

Adjective edit

ab origine

  1. From the origin; from the beginning. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ab origine”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

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