Where does “évident” come from?
évident (French) comes from Italian evidente, from Portuguese evidente, from Spanish evidente, from Latin ēvidēns, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
évident (French): evident, obvious; third-person plural present...
Definitions
- evident, obvious; third-person plural present...
Ancestry of “évident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | evidente | obvious, evident |
| 2 | Portuguese | evidente | Easily discovered, seen or understood; evident;... |
| 3 | Spanish | evidente | obvious, evident |
| 4 | Latin | ēvidēns | apparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clear |
| 5 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |