evident

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1. Latin · derived fromēvidēns“visible, apparent, clear, plain”
2. Old French · derived fromevident
3. Middle English · inherited fromevident
4. English todayevident

From Middle English evident, from Old French evident, from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.