Where does “identifyee” come from?

identifyee (English) comes from English identify, from French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus, from Latin idem, from Proto-Italic izdim.

identifyee (English): a person or thing that is being identified

Definitions

  1. a person or thing that is being identified

Ancestry of “identifyee”, step by step

identifyee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English identify

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishidentifyTo establish the identity of someone or...
2Frenchidentifierto identify; to log in
3Medieval Latinidenticusthe same, identical
4Latinidemthe same
5Proto-Italicizdim—

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Proto-Italic izdim →Every word from Latin idem →Every word from Medieval Latin identicus →