Evidence and Orthodontics

Abstract

The relationship between English and French is complicated by the abundance of false cognates found in each language. The word evidence, first appears in the XIV^th century, in both French and English literature and means: that which becomes visually apparent (from the Greek εἴδω, or from Latin ex-videre “to see”); that which is perceived; that which is grasped by the mind; that which is obvious, indisputable, clear, patent.