Why is masturbation spelled masturbation rather that masterbation?

Question

How do you explain the root of the word?

Answer 1

ITs the latin translation for the word

Answer 2

hahahah ... good question.

The answer: It just is.

Answer 3

The word masturbation is believed to derive from either the Greek word mezea (μεζεα, "penes") or the Latin manus ("hand") and the Latin turbare ("to disturb").[5] A competing etymology based on the Latin manu stuprare ("to defile with the hand") is said by the Oxford English Dictionary to be an "old conjecture". The esoteric and little-used synonym manustupration is similarly derived from manus stuprare.

Answer 4

The same reason that 'reason' is spelled 'reason' and not 'reesen'. Words were invented a long time ago- their pronunciation changes over time and depending on localised accents.

Most English words are spelt differently to the way they're proncounced.

Answer 5

just enjoy doing rather than worry about the spelling

Answer 6

because U feel great!

Answer 7

if you do it enough, u could become the master...of bation

Answer 8

I have absolutely no idea.  I just wish someone would explain how they managed to escape the censors with a character called Master Bates in the cartoon series Captain Pugwash!

To make matters even worse, there was anothr character called Seaman Stains - for God's sake : -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czbUaxmcY...

Answer 9

because "U" are doing it

Answer 10

That is the way it is spelled in the dictionary!

Answer 11

my gran use to say s*x was 90%imagination ...10% friction

Answer 12

Jitterbug has got it spot on.

Answer 13

Becuase its pronouned

or and not er

Answer 14

i guess they just wanted to spell it like that?

Answer 15

Becouse it is a morphism of 'disturbed'...