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obvious

/ˈɒbviəs/OB-vee-uhs
/ˈɑbviəs/AHB-vee-uhs

Meaningin the way

Common meaning: easy to see (lying in the way)

‘towards, against, in the way’ + ‘a road, way’ → obvious

Journey through time

  1. Latinvia‘a road, way’
  2. Englishobvious‘easy to see (lying in the way)’ · today

ob- also in: obeseobligeobserveobfuscateobliterate

vi also in: envoyconveyvoyagedeviatetrivial

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin via ‘a road, way’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry via, p. 1984 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • via Latin “a road, way”

Related words

conveydeviateenvoyprevioustrivialvoyage

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