347: obvious Nov 20, 2015

The Latin phrase 'obviam eō' means 'I go to meet'. The English word 'obvious' was used in the sense of something that is met frequently. The Latin phrase gives us another word, 'obituary'. The reason for this is that 'obviam eō' was used also to mean 'meet my [one's] death'.
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