ab ovo

American  

[ahb oh-woh, ab oh-voh] / ɑb ˈoʊ woʊ, æb ˈoʊ voʊ /

adverb

Latin.

1. from the beginning.

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ab ovo British  

/ æb ˈəʊvəʊ /

1. from the beginning

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Etymology

Origin of ab ovo

Literally, “from the egg”

Example Sentences

Again, of the Paradise Lost: ‘It has the totality of the poem as distinguished from the ab ovo birth and parentage or straight line of history.’

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David

Moreover, we have the advantage of tracing the growth of the iron manufacture ab ovo, for, as we have seen, before the industrial revolution it played a most insignificant part in English commerce.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)

Those who desire to trace the career of Upper Canada College ab ovo, will be thankful for the following advertisements.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

But meanwhile Europe had been flooded with literature on the subject, and the whole policy of fortification as well as its minutest details were discussed ab ovo.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

This also is ruined by its introduction, which truly begins ab ovo, discussing the genesis of man's belief in immortality!

From To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)