évidemment French · revision 16813

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=13th century, Légende de Girart de Roussillon|origins=la videō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /e.vi.da.mɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''évidemment'''^(Wiktionary)

+ ''Evidanment'' in the 13th century, ''evidemment'' in Juvénal des Ursins (early 15th century).^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|évident|-ment]], with haplology.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary) [[évident]] is [[bor|la|ēvidēns|t=clear, manifest]], a compound of [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|videō|t=to see]].^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Compare [[pro|evidenmen]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLFi dates it to the 13th century, in the ''Légende de Girart de Roussillon''; a 13th-century ''Lai d'amours'' has ''Je le connois evidanment'', “I know it clearly”.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The first sense is “in an evident way, manifestly”, still in Descartes's ''que je ne la connusse évidemment être telle'', but now old or literary.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989) From the early 19th century (Arago) it means “to all appearances”, and, from 1865 (Littré) it is used at the head of a sentence to reinforce an assertion, “of course”, today its usual sense.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – ''Evidanment'', ''Lai d'amours''.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi)

+ * Early 15th century – The spelling ''evidemment'', Juvénal des Ursins.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * Early 19th century – “Apparently”, Arago.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1865 – Affirmative “of course”.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|of course]], [[m|en|obviously]], naturally: ''Vous venez ? — Évidemment !''^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Apparently, to all appearances.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''(old or literary)'' Clearly, [[m|en|evidently]], beyond doubt.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[évident]]

+ * [[évidence]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}