Where does “идентичность” come from?

идентичность (Russian) comes from Russian -ость, from Proto-Slavic -ostь — Used with adjectival stems to form abstract...

идентичность (Russian): identity (the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal)

Definitions

  1. identity (the sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal)

Ancestry of “идентичность”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-ость-ness, -ity
2Proto-Slavic-ostьUsed with adjectival stems to form abstract...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ostь →Every word from Russian -ость →