late 14c., used in Revelation ix.11 of "the angel of the bottomless pit," and by Milton of the pit itself, from Hebrew Abhaddon, literally "destruction," from abhadh "he perished." The Greek form was Apollyon.
ab ovo
ab urbe condita
aba
aback
abacus
Abaddon
abaft
abalienate
abalienation
abalone
abandon