Etymology

appearance

ap·pear·ance
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Today it means: The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye. Full definition →

Middle French apparence ← Latin apparentia
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  1. Latin · derived fromapparentia
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromapparence
  3. English todayappearance

Borrowed from Middle French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Morphologically appear + -ance. Doublet of apparence and apparency. Displaced native Old English hīew (“the way something looks or seems”) and ætīewednes (“act of appearing or coming into view”).

Words from the same roots

Latinapparentia all →

apparency

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