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appear

/əˈpɪə/uh-PIR
/əˈpɪɹ/uh-PIR

Meaningto appear

Common meaning: to come into view

‘to, towards’ + ‘to appear’ → appear

Journey through time

  • ap — Latin ad- “to, towards” (path traced)
  • pear — Latin pāreō, pārēre “to appear; to obey” (path traced)

Parts join in Latin as apparere.

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAR‘produce, afford, prepare, share’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 198, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinad- + parere‘to, towards + to appear; to obey’source
  3. Latinapparere‘to appear’source
  4. Old Frenchapparoirsource
  5. Englishappear‘to come into view’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin apparere, which Skeat analyses as ad- ‘to, towards’ + parere ‘to appear; to obey’.

Roots

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