ab origine
See also: aborigine, Aborigine, and aborígine
English
Etymology
From Latin ab (“from”) + origine, ablative singular of origo (“earliest beginning, lineage, origin”)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æb əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/, /æb əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/
Adjective
ab origine
- From the origin; from the beginning. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][1]
Related terms
- aborigine
- aborigines
References
- “ab origine” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 6.
Anagrams
- baignoire