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From: Vinzent Hoefler <ada.rocks@jlfencey.com>
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Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:30:53 +0200
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Pascal Obry wrote:

>Bill Findlay <yaldnifw@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>> It's (old fashioned) English, meaning "the same (word)".
>> It derives from Latin "item".
>
>I really don't think so. For me Idem is a Latin word, but I'm not a
>Latin expert...

<http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?idem> says:

|Pronunciation: 'I-"dem, 'E-, 'i-
|Function: pronoun
|Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, same -- more at IDENTITY
|Date: 14th century
|: something previously mentioned : SAME

and then Identity says:

|Etymology: Middle French identit=E9, from Late Latin identitat-,
|identitas, probably from Latin identidem repeatedly, contraction of
|idem et idem, literally, same and same
|Date: 1570

So I'd say, yes, idem seems to be a Latin word. :-)


Vinzent.

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