ab ovo

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Borrowing from Latin ab ovo (literally from the egg)

Pronunciation [edit]

(US) IPA: /æ.ˈboʊ.ˌvoʊ/

Adverb [edit]

ab ovo (not comparable)

  1. From the beginning. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 7:

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ab ovo (literally from the egg).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /aˈβo.βo/, /ab ˈo.βo/

Adverb [edit]

ab ovo

  1. ab ovo

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