Where does “evident” come from?
evident (Romanian) comes from French évident, 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.
evident (Romanian): obvious
Definitions
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Ancestry of “evident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | évident | evident, obvious; third-person plural present... |
| 2 | Italian | evidente | obvious, evident |
| 3 | Portuguese | evidente | Easily discovered, seen or understood; evident;... |
| 4 | Spanish | evidente | obvious, evident |
| 5 | Latin | ēvidēns | apparent, visible, evident, manifest, plain, clear |
| 6 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |