Where does “evident” come from?
Evident comes from Latin evidens, derived from videre meaning "to see" combined with the prefix ex-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
evident (English): Obviously true by simple observation
Definitions
- Obviously true by simple observation
Ancestry of “evident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | evident | evident |
| 2 | French | évident | evident, obvious; third-person plural present... |
| 3 | Italian | evidente | obvious, evident |
| 4 | Portuguese | evidente | Easily discovered, seen or understood; evident;... |
| 5 | Spanish | evidente | obvious, evident |
| 6 | Latin | ēvidēns | apparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clear |
| 7 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |