Evident
/ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/noun
Clearly seen, obvious, or easy to perceive.
Did you know?It comes from Latin *evidentem*, built from *e-* (“out”) + *videre* (“to see”), so the word originally described something that was visually manifest before it became a mental idea.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weid-
“to see, know”
Latin
Latin
vidēre
“to see”
Latin
Latin
evidēns
“plain, obvious, manifest; literally 'seeing out' or 'standing out to view'”
Old French
Old French
évident
“obvious, manifest”
Middle English
English
evident
“plainly seen or apparent”
Modern English
English
evident
“clearly seen, obvious, or easy to perceive”