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Clarity

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the quality of being clear, transparent, or easy to understand
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Stage 1 of 3
clarus
Latin · ancient
"clear, bright"
clear, bright
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Stage 2 of 3
claritas
Latin · ancient
"clearness, brightness"
clearness, brightness, from clarus
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Stage 3 of 3
clarity
English · 1400s
"the quality of being clear and easy to understand"
settled as the English word for the quality of being clear and easy to understand
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