Ab origine
Latin. from the very beginning; from the source or origin.
Historical Examples
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.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant
To come to the point at once, the lease is, ab origine, null and void.
The Parent’s Assistant Maria Edgeworth
My constitution and my frame were ab origine blasted with a deep, incurable taint of hypochondria, which poisons my existence.’
Robert Burns Gabriel Setoun
I do not think that Lancelot was ab origine the hero of a variant of this popular and widely-spread folk-tale.
The Three Days’ Tournament Jessie L. Weston
My constitution and frame were, ab origine, blasted with a deep incurable taint of hypochondria, which poisons my existence.
The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns
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