Etymology

from A to B

Today it means: From one point to the next; from the beginning of a trip to the end. Full definition →

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The story

Possibly from the common practice of labelling points using letters of the alphabet, and then referring to motion from one point to another as “from A to B”, and so on.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.