English
eo ipso
Eo ipso comes from Latin eo ipso, and goes back to ipsum ‘that (thing) itself’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEipsum‘that (thing) itself’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeo ipso
- Englishearliest quotation 1998same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEipsum‘that (thing) itself’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeo ipso
- Englishearliest quotation 1998same form
Earliest quotation: 1998, Slavoj Žižek: “When we demand an object from somebody, its “use…”
Every English word from Latin ipsum
Today it means
adv Through or by that very act or quality; thereby.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ipsum / eo ipso