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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|fro|evident]] and directly from Latin ēvidēns, perceptible, clear, obvious,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from ē-, ex-, out, fully, and vidēns, present participle of vidēre, to see (see [[vision]] and [[wit]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) used in a middle sense, “making itself seen”.^(Hoad 1986)
+ It is [[bor|fro|evident]] and directly from [[la|ēvidēns]], perceptible, clear, obvious,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from ē-, ex-, out, fully, and [[m|la|vidēns]], present participle of [[m|la|vidēre]], to see (see [[vision]] and [[wit]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) used in a middle sense, “making itself seen”.^(Hoad 1986)
==Earliest recorded meaning==