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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Example Sentences

Cui frater, genitor, patruus, atque avi Fulgent innumeri stemmate nobiles Pr�claro Imperii, prisca ab origine Digno nomine C�sares.

From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. by Vasari, Giorgio

It's a satellite, not a—" "We ourselves were doomed ab origine, but the tragic flaw inherent in each one of our pitiful species is contagious, dooming all with whom we come in contact.

From Once a Greech by Smith, Evelyn E.

To have been abroad was the next best thing to having been a foreigner ab origine.

From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward

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 Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

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 Cooper, James Fenimore