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Transparent

2 stages from Medieval Latin to English.

Today it means allowing light to pass through so objects are visible, or easily understood and open
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Stage 1 of 2
transparere
Medieval Latin · medieval
"to appear through"
to appear through, from trans- (through) and parere (to appear)
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Stage 2 of 2
transparent
English · 1400s
"allowing light through, or easily seen through and understood"
settled as the English word for something allowing light through, or easily understood
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