Etymograph

English

identification

Identification comes from French identification.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentidentification
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1979identification

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentidentification
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1979identification

Earliest quotation: 1979, Shannon Austin, Questions re Brill's Death and Police Penetration of Our Com: “In several actions where FagRaggers were personally involved […]…”

Every English word from French identification

Today it means

noun The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing).

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Etymograph / French identification / identification

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