From the Latin for "visible", it means obvious & easily seen
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Latin conspicuus visible, conspicuous =conspic(ere) (see conspectus) + -uus... [DOC] [TLE] Obvious - definition of obvious by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Easily seen through because of a lack of subtlety; transparent: an obvious... ... [
C16: from Latin obvius, from obviam in the way, from ob- against + via way] ... 
obvious.