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Where does “vanzelfsprekend” come from?

vanzelfsprekend (Dutch) comes from Dutch vanzelf spreken — to be self-evident, to be obvious.

vanzelfsprekend (Dutch): self-evident, evidently, obviously; taken for...

Definitions

  1. self-evident, evidently, obviously; taken for...

Ancestry of “vanzelfsprekend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvanzelf sprekento be self-evident, to be obvious
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