Etymology

identic

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French identique ← Medieval Latin identicus ← Latin identi-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromidenti-
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromidenticus“the same”
  3. French · borrowed fromidentique
  4. English todayidentic

From French identique, from Medieval Latin identicus (“the same”), from Latin identi-, from idem (“the same”).

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinidenticus all →

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