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English word masturbate comes from Latin manus (hand), Latin disturbare (disturb), and later Latin masturbor (defile, masturbate)

manus (Latin)

(anatomical) hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates (figuratively) bravery, valor. (figuratively) violence, fighting. (legal) an arrest. (legal) legal power of a man over his wife. (military, nautical) grappling hooks used to snare enemy vessels. A side, part, faction. A stake (in dice). A thrust with a sword. Branch of a tree. Group of people. Group, company, host, multitude of people, especially of soldiers. Hand. Handwriting. Labor. Paw of [...]

disturbare (Latin)

to disturb, demolish, destroy

masturbor (Latin)

I defile myself. I masturbate.

masturbate (English)

(informal, derogatory) To stimulate or please oneself by means of anything, not necessarily sexual, that does not get them anywhere; something that wastes their time; something that does not help others or achieve any important goal.. (intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand, sometimes with a partner.. (transitive, colloquial) To stimulate someone else [...]

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