ab initio

Meaning

1. From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force.
2. Calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions.
3. Taken with no prior qualifications.

Synonyms

initially

in the beginning

to begin with

ab init

Translations

ab initio

ab initio

originairement

d’abord

dapprima

inizialmente

originariamente

منذ البداية؛ من أساسه

priori

vanaf het begin

ab initio

primeiramente

inicialmente

de início

desde el principio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæb ɪˈnɪʃ.i.oʊ/

Etymology

From Latin ab (“from”) + initiō, ablative singular of initium (“beginning”).