Origin: Latin suffix -ary
Definition, synonyms and related words
The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian.
The word comes from Medieval Latin abecedārium, which originally meant an alphabet primer or ABC book. It was formed by combining the first four letters of the Latin alphabet with a suffix meaning "of.