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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [ˈap.pa.rẽːs][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈap.pa.rens][1]

Forms

appārēns (genitive appārentis); third-declension one-termination adjective[1] It is also spelled adpārens.[2]

Etymology

It is the participle of appāreō “to appear”, from ad- and pāreō “to appear, obey”.[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citations are from Vitruvius, of what is visible.[2] Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant exposed to view, visible, and perceptible by the senses, as in Vitruvius.[2]

Medieval Latin, in Albertus Magnus and others, used it as an adjective, visible, apparent.[4] It survives in Italian and Spanish aparente, apparente and French apparent, and through Old French it gave English apparent in the late 14th century, first meaning “indisputable”.[1][3]

Timeline

  • c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of the visible.[2][4]
  • 13th century – Albertus Magnus uses it.[4]
  • late 14th century – English apparent is recorded.[3]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Visible.[2]
  2. Perceptible, apparent.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de