ab ovo
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ab ovo
- /æˈboʊˌvoʊ/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin ab ōvō (literally “from the egg”).
adverb
- From the beginning. We should be led too far, nor would it possess sufficient interest for our readers, were we, in this place specially, to discuss this important and complicated question, and to show ab ovo why this notion has been rejected.
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Talk about this word "ab ovo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ab%20ovo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ab ovo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ab%20ovo "ab ovo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ab%20ovo.Cite this
@misc{ab_ovo_2026,
title = {ab ovo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ab%20ovo},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
