English
ab urbe condita
Ab urbe condita comes from Latin ab Urbe conditā ‘in the year from the city having been founded’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEab Urbe conditā‘in the year from the city having been founded’
- Englishtodayab urbe condita
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEab Urbe conditā‘in the year from the city having been founded’
- Englishtodayab urbe condita
The story
Borrowed from Latin ab Urbe conditā (‘in the year from the city having been founded’), in reference to Rome.
Every English word from Latin ab Urbe conditā
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ab Urbe conditā / ab urbe condita