English
ipso gender
Ipso gender comes from Latin ipse ‘himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *e(s)peso.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*e(s)peso‘himself, herself, itself’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEipseas ipso‘himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual’
- Englishtodayipso gender
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*e(s)peso‘himself, herself, itself’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEipseas ipso‘himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual’
- Englishtodayipso gender
The story
Coined by C. Latin ipso means "at the very same" (gender as they were assigned), compare ipso facto or ipso substitution.
Every English word from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso
Today it means
adj Of an intersex person: identifying with the sex they were medically assigned; having a gender which matches their assigned sex.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *e(s)peso / ipso gender