evident

the word 'evident' originates from the latin 'evident-', stem of 'evidens', which itself is a compound of the prefix 'e-' (a variant of 'ex-', meaning 'out') and the present participle of 'videre' ('to see'). the literal sense is 'that which is seen out' or 'visible'. this concrete meaning evolved through latin and old french into the modern english abstract sense of 'clearly seen by the mind' or 'obvious'. the logic connects the physical act of seeing something plainly to the mental act of perceiving a fact clearly.

Structure: e (out) + vid (see) + ent (adjective suffix) e- (prefix, latin origin, meaning 'out'); vid (root, latin origin, from 'videre', meaning 'to see'); -ent (suffix, latin origin, forming adjectives meaning 'being in a state of').