Etymology

audio-

Today it means: Sound. Full definition →

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

From the root audi of Latin audiō (“to hear; to listen”) + -o-. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

Words from the same roots

Latinaudiō all →

audion

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