identificatio

Pronunciation

• Classical: [ɪ.dɛn.tɪ.fɪˈkaː.ti.oː]^[1]
• Ecclesiastical: [i.den.ti.fiˈkat.t͡si.o]^[1]

Forms

identificātiō f (genitive identificātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin identificō (“to identify”) + -tiō.^[1][2] The verb is formed from īdem (“the same”) and -ficō.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest record is from about 1380, which he takes from Latham's word list.^[2]

Semantic evolution

The DMLBS defines it as the making or becoming identical and quotes it from two works of Wyclif:^[3] in one he reports a view that would make Christ an identificātiō rērum, an identification of things, and in the other he names trānsubstanciātiō, identificātiō et impānātiō among the terms used of the Eucharist that, he says, cannot be founded on scripture.^[3] The Lexicon Bohemorum explains it as the act of making several things one and the same.^[4] Wiktionary marks it as Renaissance Latin for identification,^[1] and Köbler derives German Identifikation from it.^[2]

Timeline

• c. 1380 – Köbler's earliest record, after Latham's word list.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Medieval Latin, philosophy) The making or becoming identical; the treating of things as the same.^[3][4]
2. (New Latin) Identification.^[1][2]

Related words

• identitās
• English identification

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
3. ^ a b c Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
4. ^ a b Latinitatis medii aevi lexicon Bohemorum / Slovník středověké latiny v českých zemích (1977–), Prague: Academia; electronic version, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences