Etymology

ipso facto

Today it means: By that very fact itself; actually. Full definition →

Latin ipsō factō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromipsō factō“by the fact itself”
  2. English todayipso facto

Borrowed from Latin ipsō factō (“by the fact itself”).

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