abecedary

Meanings

Noun

• The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
• One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian.

Adjective

• Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian.

Origin

• From Middle English abecedary, from Medieval Latin abecedarium ("alphabet, ABC primer"), from Late Latin abecedarius ("of the alphabet"), formed from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius.