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Where does “אידענטיטעט” come from?

אידענטיטעט (Yiddish) comes from Latin identitas, from Latin idem, from Proto-Italic izdim.

אידענטיטעט (Yiddish): identity

Definitions

  1. identity

Ancestry of “אידענטיטעט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinidentitassameness, identity
2Latinidemthe same
3Proto-Italicizdim—
Every word from Proto-Italic izdim →