identificare Italian · revision 39141

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1640, Achillini|origins=la idem, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /i.den.ti.fiˈka.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''identificare''' (first-person singular present identìfico, first-person singular past historic identificài, past participle identificàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|identificō|t=to make identical]], a learned word of philosophical origin.^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)^(DEI|1915) The Medieval Latin verb is formed from [[m|la-med|identicus|t=identical]] and the stem of [[la|faciō|t=to make]], as in other verbs in [[-ficare]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Devoto 1968) The adjective comes from [[la-lat|identitās|t=sameness]], from [[la|idem|t=the same]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ [[fr|identifier]] is recorded from the early 17th century: from 1616 according to Battisti and Alessio, from 1610 according to the GDLI.^(DEI|1915)^(GDLI) Zingarelli derives the Italian verb directly from [[identico]].^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's earliest date is for the pronominal ''identificarsi'' “to become one with”, in Achillini (before 1640); GRADIT gives the same date.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) Zingarelli dates the word from 1585.^(Zingarelli 2010) The transitive sense “to consider identical” is recorded in Anton Maria Salvini, before 1729.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb began in the language of philosophy and logic.^(DEI|1915)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Salvini writes that thought and speech, two words in Latin and one in Greek, are “identified” in Italian ''discorso''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) In law it was used in the 17th century for an heir taking the place of the deceased.^(DEI|1915)

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+ The sense “to establish someone's identity” is recorded in 1886 among Rigutini's neologisms.^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo–Bellini had already blamed French for an abuse of the word.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Battisti and Alessio link the police sense of ''identificazione'' with S. Ottolenghi's school of scientific policing, founded in 1902.^(DEI|1915) The pronominal verb also came to mean identifying with a character or a party.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1585 – Zingarelli's date for the first record.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * Before 1640 – Achillini uses ''identificarsi''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * Before 1729 – Anton Maria Salvini uses ''identificare'' “to consider identical”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1835 – M. Delfico uses ''identificarsi'' “to feel identical with another person”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1886 – The sense “to establish someone's identity” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1902 – Ottolenghi's school of scientific policing spreads ''identificazione''.^(DEI|1915)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To consider as identical, to treat two things as one: ''Molti identificano la felicità con il successo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # To [[m|en|identify]], to establish who someone is: ''La polizia ha identificato l'autista.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # To recognise or pinpoint something by its features: to identify the causes of a fault.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(pronominal identificarsi)'' To identify with a person or character, to [[m|en|empathise]]; to adhere fully to an idea or a party.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(pronominal identificarsi)'' To coincide: ''I loro obiettivi si identificano.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[identificabile]]

+ * [[identificativo]]

+ * [[identificazione]]

+ * [[identificatore]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[identico]]

+ * [[identità]]

+ * [[la|idem]]

+ * [[fr|identifier]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}