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

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 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

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 Bryant, Jacob

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.