Where does “apparently” come from?
Apparently comes from Middle English -ly, Latin apparens (visible, evident), Latin appareo (to appear), combining Latin ad- (toward) and Latin ad (to) with Proto-Indo-European ád and Proto-Indo-European peh₂- (to stretch, extend).
apparently (English): Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently;...
Definitions
- Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently;...
Ancestry of “apparently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apparent | Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to... |
| 2 | Old French | aparant | — |
| 3 | Latin | apparens | exposed; visible; perceptible, audible |
| 4 | Latin | appāreō | to appear, be visible, come into sight |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |