Showing or proving something with clear facts or signs; the act of providing evidence for something.
From 'evidence,' which comes from Old French 'evidence' and Latin 'evidentia' (clearness, visibility), derived from 'evidens' (clearly visible), composed of 'e-' (out) and 'videre' (to see). The '-ing' suffix creates a present participle.
The root 'vid' meaning 'to see' appears in dozens of English words (video, vision, evident, video, visible)—it's like language is built on the idea that seeing equals knowing and understanding.
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