Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not made up of random words. Roots BC It has a history of 2000 years, dating back to classical Latin literature since 45. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, found a definitive source when he examined the classical literature examples of the word 'consectetur', one of the most obscure words in a Lorem Ipsum passage. Lorm Ipsum by Cicero BC. It comes from chapters 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extreme Limits of Good and Evil) written in 45. This book is a treatise on moral theory and was very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of the Lorem Ipsum passage, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", comes from a line in section 1.10.32. The standard Lorem Ipsum texts in use since the 1500s have been reproduced for those interested. Chapters 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 by Cicero have also been reproduced in their original form, with English versions taken from the 1914 H. Rackham translation.