Where does “Identität” come from?

Identität (German) comes from Latin identitas, from Latin idem, from Proto-Italic izdim.

Identität (German): sameness, identicalness, identity; recurring...

Definitions

  1. sameness, identicalness, identity; recurring...

Ancestry of “Identität”, step by step

Identität traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin identitas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinidentitassameness, identity
2Latinidemthe same
3Proto-Italicizdim—

via Medieval Latin identitas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinidentitassameness, identity

Words derived from “Identität”

Every word from Proto-Italic izdim →Every word from Latin idem →Every word from Latin identitas →