English
ipsation
Ipsation comes from Latin ipse ‘self’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEipse‘self’
- Englishearliest quotation 1931ipsation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEipse‘self’
- Englishearliest quotation 1931ipsation
Earliest quotation: 1931, Wolfe W. Beran: “Were this young boy a member of some primitive…”
Every English word from Latin ipse
Today it means
noun Solitary masturbation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ipse / ipsation