Etymology

identify

iden·ti·fy
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Today it means: To establish the identity of someone or something. Full definition →

French identifier ← Medieval Latin identicus ← Latin faciō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfaciō
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromidenticus
  3. French · borrowed fromidentifier
  4. English todayidentify

From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinidenticus all →

identic

Latinfaciō all →

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