ab origine

American  

[ahb oh-rig-i-ne, ab aw-rij-uh-nee, -oh-rij-] / ɑb oʊˈrɪg ɪˌnɛ, æb ɔˈrɪdʒ əˌni, -oʊˈrɪdʒ- /

adverb

1. Latin. from the very beginning; from the source or origin.

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ab origine

Strabo supposes that the Campus Hyrcanus was so named from the Persians; as also Κυρου πεδιον, near it; but they seem to have been so denominated ab origine.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

My constitution and my frame were ab origine blasted with a deep, incurable taint of hypochondria, which poisons my existence.'

From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Gabriel Setoun

While I shall be necessitated to marshal individual opinions in review, I protest, ab origine, against the supposition that indiscriminate censure is intended, or that every friend of the Society cherishes similar views.

From Thoughts on African Colonization by William Lloyd Garrison

It is owing to reasons like these that the ornamental grounds of an American country-house have usually to be commenced ab origine, and that natural causes so little aid in finishing them.

From The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

It is worthy of remark that the invariable phrase applied to past quarrels is "ab origine mundi," which left no loophole for the revival of ancestral feuds, however remote in point of time.

From The Customs of Old England by F. J. (Frederick John) Snell