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

It is said of him, that he was, inventum focis, because he was ab origine from the land of fire; by which is meant Ur of Chaldea.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob

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

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.

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 furnishing them.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

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)