audio-

prefix

Sound.

OriginLatin audi(ō) ← Proto-Italic *awizdiō ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- →
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Meanings

prefix
  1. Sound.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*awizdiō
  4. Latinaudi(ō)
  5. Englishaudio-

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.

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Translations

Catalan audio-
  • audio-related to sound
Danish audio-, lyd-
  • audio-related to sound
  • lyd-related to sound
Dutch audio-
  • audio-related to sound
Finnish audio-
  • audio-related to sound
French audio-
  • audio-related to sound
German audio-
  • audio-related to sound
Italian audio-
  • audio-related to sound
Norwegian Bokmål audio-
  • audio-related to sound
Polish audio-
  • audio-related to sound
Portuguese audio-
  • audio-related to sound
Russian а́удио-, звуко-
  • а́удио- (áudio-)related to sound
  • звуко- (zvuko-)related to sound
Spanish audio-
  • audio-related to sound
Cite this entry
APA

audio-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio-

MLA

“audio-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio-. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audio-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio-.

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