uno ab alto

noun

One over all.

Meanings

noununo ab alto (uncountable)
  1. idiomaticuncountablemottoOne over all.

Origin

Latin, or rather dog Latin, from uno (“one”) + ab (“from”) + alto (“height”), thus literally from one height.

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