*dhē-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to set, put."
Clear-sighted is from 1580s ( clear-eyed is from 1520s) clear-headed is from 1709. Meaning "obvious to the senses" is from 1835. Sense of "free from encumbrance," later largely nautical, developed c. 1300) of possession or title, "unrestricted, unconditional, absolute," early 15c.
The prehistoric sense evolution to light and color involves an identification of the spreading of sound and the spreading of light (compare English loud, used of colors German hell "clear, bright, shining," of pitch, "distinct, ringing, high").Īlso in Middle English "beautiful, magnificent, excellent" (c.
WORDS FROM CLARIFY FREE
1300, "giving light, shining, luminous " also "not turbid transparent, allowing light to pass through free from impurities morally pure, guiltless, innocent " of colors, "bright, pure " of weather or the sky or sea, "not stormy mild, fair, not overcast, fully light, free from darkness or clouds " of the eyes or vision, "clear, keen " of the voice or sound, "plainly audible, distinct, resonant " of the mind, "keen-witted, perspicacious " of words or speech, "readily understood, manifest to the mind, lucid" (an Old English word for this was sweotol "distinct, clear, evident") of land, "cleared, leveled " from Old French cler "clear" (of sight and hearing), "light, bright, shining sparse" (12c., Modern French clair), from Latin clarus "clear, loud," of sounds figuratively "manifest, plain, evident," in transferred use, of sights, "bright, distinct " also "illustrious, famous, glorious" (source of Italian chiaro, Spanish claro), from PIE *kle-ro-, from root *kele- (2) "to shout."
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