A.B.C.

See also: abc, ABC, and Abc

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 19 June 2015

Alternative forms

Etymology

The first three letters of the Latin alphabet, or an abbreviation of abece.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a.βeˈt͡se]

Noun

A.B.C. m (usually uncountable)

  1. alphabet, ABCs
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 111r.
      […] ¬ ordeno las por las letras del. A.B.C. arauigas. ſegund eſtan aqui ordenadas por las latinas.
      […] and he ordered them according to the letters of the Arabian alphabet, as they are ordered here after the Latin ones.

Descendants

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