ab ovo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin ab ovo (literally “from the egg”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ab ovo (not comparable)
References[edit]
- ^ “ab ovo” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 7.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ab ovo (literally “from the egg”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
Related terms[edit]
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