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evident

/ˈevədənt/EH-vuh-duhnt
/ˈɛvədənt/EH-vuh-duhnt

Meaningplain to see

Common meaning: plain to see or understand

‘out’ + ‘to see’ → evident

Journey through time

  1. Latinvideō, vīdī, vīsum‘to see’
  2. Frenchevidence
  3. Englishevident‘plain to see or understand’ · today

e- also in: emitejecteraseerecterode

vid also in: videovisiblesupervisetelevision

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: Built on Latin videō ‘to see’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry videō, p. 1988 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

supervisetelevisionvideovisible

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