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 -n-lysis 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 -ssistant maria edgeworth
my const-tution 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 const-tution 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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