Etymograph

English

identic

Identic comes from French identique ‘identical’, from Medieval Latin identicus ‘the same’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *izdim.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*izdimreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEidem‘the same’
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500identicus‘the same’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentidentique‘identical’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1887identic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*izdimreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEidem‘the same’
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500identicus‘the same’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentidentique‘identical’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1887identic

Earliest quotation: 1887, J. F. Maurice, The Campaign of 1882 in Egypt: “The English and French Governments had, on the 6th…”

Linked words

through Latin idem ‘the same’

id, idem

Today it means

adj Identical.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *izdim / identic

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