Etymology

id

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Today it means: An ident. Full definition →

New Latin id ← German Es
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id · noun1

  1. German · derived fromEs“it”
  2. New Latin · derived fromid“it”
  3. English todayid

From New Latin id (“it”), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es (“it”) as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es (“it”).

id · noun2

  1. Swedish · derived fromid
  2. English todayid

From Swedish id.

id · noun3

Abbreviation of identifier.

id · pronoun4

  1. Latin · derived fromidem“same”
  2. English todayid

Abbreviation of idem, from Latin idem (“same”).

Id · noun, proper noun5

  1. Hindi · borrowed fromईद
  2. English todayId

Borrowed from Hindi ईद (īd).

Words from the same roots

Swedishid all →

Latinidem all →

idemi.q.

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