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Apparent

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means clearly visible or understood, though possibly not actually true
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Stage 1 of 2
apparere
Latin · ancient
"to appear, to come into sight"
to appear, to come into sight, from ad- (to) and parere (to appear)
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Stage 2 of 2
apparent
English · 1300s
"clearly visible or understood, evident"
settled as the English word for something clearly visible or evident
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