ab aeterno

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin ab aeternō.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæb iˈtɚ.noʊ/, /ˌɑb ˌaɪˈtɚ.noʊ/

Adverb

ab aeterno (not comparable)

From time immemorial; from an infinitely remote point in the past.[1]

References

Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, G. & C. Merriam Co. (1976), →ISBN.

Latin

Etymology

ab +‎ aeternō

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ab ae̯ˈter.noː/, [äb äe̯ˈt̪ɛrnoː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab eˈter.no/, [äb eˈt̪ɛrno]

Adverb

ab aeternō (not comparable)

Since a very long time ago.

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