terminusa quo

terminusa quo
ter·mi·nus a quo (tĕrʹmĭ-no͝os' ä kwōʹ, tûrʹmə-nəsā) n.
1. A starting point or origin.
2. A first point in time:

The terminus a quo for the Middle Ages is often considered the fall of Rome in 476.

  [Latin terminus āquō, limit from which.]

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