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- Latin · derived fromappārēns, appārentis
- Old French · derived fromaparent
- Middle English · inherited fromapparaunt
- English todayapparent
From Middle English apparaunt, aparaunt, from Old French aparent, aparant, in turn from Latin appārēns, appārentis, present participle of appāreō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.