ab aeterno

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin ab aeternō.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

ab aeterno (not comparable)

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

References[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ab +‎ aeternō

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ab ae̯ˈter.noː/, [äb äe̯ˈt̪ɛrnoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab eˈter.no/, [äb eˈt̪ɛrno]

Adverb[edit]

ab aeternō (not comparable)

Since a very long time ago.

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