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
Every word from Proto-Italic izdimEvery word from Latin idemEvery word from Medieval Latin identicus