Where does “identity” come from?

Identity comes from Middle French identité, from Latin idem meaning "the same," ultimately from Proto-Italic izdim.

identity (English): Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same

Definitions

  1. Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same

Ancestry of “identity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishydemptite—

Words derived from “identity”

Every word from Middle English ydemptite →