Etymology

auditory

A1U1D2I1T1O1R1Y4

Today it means: Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing. Full definition →

Latin audītōrius
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

auditory · adjective1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromaudītōrius“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”
  2. English todayauditory

Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audiō (“to hear”) + -tōrius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).

auditory · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*awizdiō
  4. Latinaudiō
  5. Latinaudītor
  6. Latinaudītōrius
  7. Latinaudītōrium
  8. English todayauditory

From Latin audītōrium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.