Where does “self-evidently” come from?
self-evidently (English) comes from English self-evident, from English evident, from German evident, from French évident, from Italian evidente, from Portuguese evidente, from Spanish evidente, from Latin ēvidēns — to see.
self-evidently (English): In a self-evident manner
Ancestry of “self-evidently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | self-evident | Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument... |
| 2 | English | evident | Obviously true by simple observation |
| 3 | German | evident | evident |
| 4 | French | évident | evident, obvious; third-person plural present... |
| 5 | Italian | evidente | obvious, evident |
| 6 | Portuguese | evidente | Easily discovered, seen or understood; evident;... |
| 7 | Spanish | evidente | obvious, evident |
| 8 | Latin | ēvidēns | — |
| 9 | Latin | videō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |