Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb From the beginning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun From the beginning.
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- adverb sciences Calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions.
- adverb Taken with no prior qualifications.
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- adverb at the beginning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin ab initiō : ab, from + initiō, ablative of initium, beginning.]
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From Latin ab ("from") + initiō, ablative singular of initium ("beginning").
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word ab initio
JM notes there are some folk who look backwards ‘ab initio’
August 9, 2009