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Where does the word "ipso facto" come from? It comes from Latin ipso facto, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
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Where does the word "ipso facto" come from? It comes from Latin ipso facto, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
Ipso facto’s story begins in Latin: ipso facto meant “by the fact itself.” By the fact itself, from ipse (itself) and factum (fact, deed). It reached English by 1500s as ipso facto. Latin 'by the fact itself'. Today, ipso facto means by the fact itself, as an automatic and inevitable consequence.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient ipso facto "by the fact itself", by the fact itself, from ipse (itself) and factum (fact, deed).
- Stage 2 · English · 1500s ipso facto "by that very fact", Latin 'by the fact itself'.