Etymology

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Today it means: Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight. Full definition →

English audio-clip. ← Latin audi(ō) ← Proto-Italic *awizdiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*awizdiō
  4. Latinaudi(ō)
  5. Englishaudio-clip.
  6. English todayaudio

Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

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