abusque

abusque

Latin

Alternative forms

  • ab usque

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Latin ab
Latin usque
Latin abusque

    From ab (“from”) + usque (“all the way”).

    Pronunciation

    Preposition

    abusque (+ ablative)

    1. all the way from, from as far as, even from

    References

    • “abusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “abusque”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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