Where does “identisk” come from?

identisk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Medieval Latin identicus, from Latin idem, from Proto-Italic izdim.

identisk (Norwegian Nynorsk): identical

Definitions

  1. identical

Ancestry of “identisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinidenticusthe same, identical
2Latinidemthe same
3Proto-Italicizdim—
Every word from Proto-Italic izdim →Every word from Latin idem →Every word from Medieval Latin identicus →