evidence
/ˈevədəns/EH-vuh-duhns
/ˈɛvədəns/EH-vuh-duhns
Meaningthe state of being plain to see
Common meaning: facts or signs that show something is true
- eout
- vidto seeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1988 · scan
- encenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results
‘out’ + ‘to see’ → evidence
Journey through time
- Latinvideō, vīdī, vīsum‘to see’
- Frenchevidence
- Englishevident‘plain to see or understand’
- Englishformed in English from evidentevidence‘facts or signs that show something is true’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from evident + -ence.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VISION, p.688 · scan
Roots
- videō, vīdī, vīsum Latin “to see”
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