id

Etymology 1

From New Latin id (“it”), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es (“it”).

noun

  1. The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.
    Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id. June 3, 2012, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Etymology 2

From Swedish id.

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of ide (the fish)

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of identifier.

noun

  1. (computing) Identifier.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of idem., from Latin idem (“same”)

pron

  1. Used in citations to state that the citation is to the work immediately previously cited.

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