Where does “identitetskris” come from?

identitetskris (Swedish) comes from Swedish identitet, from Medieval Latin identitas, from Latin idem, from Proto-Italic izdim.

identitetskris (Swedish): an identity crisis

Definitions

  1. an identity crisis

Ancestry of “identitetskris”, step by step

identitetskris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish identitet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishidentitetidentity
2Medieval Latinidentitassameness, identity
3Latinidemthe same
4Proto-Italicizdim

via Swedish kris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkriscrisis
Every word from Proto-Italic izdimEvery word from Latin idemEvery word from Medieval Latin identitas
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