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visible (adj.)
mid-14c., from Old French
visable
,
visible
"perceptible" (12c.) and directly from Latin
visibilis
"that may be seen," from
visus
, past participle of
videre
"to see" (see
vision
). An Old English word for this was
eagsyne
. Related:
Visibly
.