perspicuity

The story

1. Latin · derived fromperspicuus“clear”, “transparent”; “evident”
2. Late Latin · borrowed fromperspicuitās“evidentness”, “self-evidency”
3. English todayperspicuity

Borrowed from Late Latin perspicuitās (“evidentness”, “self-evidency”, literally “transparency”, “clarity”, “lucidity”), from Latin perspicuus (“clear”, “transparent”; “evident”); compare perspicacity and the French perspicuité. By surface analysis, perspicuous + -ity.

Words from the same roots