A.B.C.

See also: abc, ABC, and Abc

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 19 June 2015

Alternative forms

• abece

Etymology

The first three letters of the Latin [Term?] alphabet, or an abbreviation of abece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.βeˈt͡se]

Noun

A.B.C. m (usually uncountable)

1. alphabet, ABCs
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 111r.

     […] ¬ ordeno las por las letras del. A.B.C. arauigas. ſegund eſtan aqui ordenadas por las latinas.

     […] and he ordered them according to the letters of the Arabian alphabet, as they are ordered here after the Latin ones.

Descendants

• Spanish: abecé (see abece)