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Audible

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means loud enough to be heard
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Stage 1 of 3
audire
Latin · ancient
"to hear"
to hear
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Stage 2 of 3
audibilis
Late Latin · medieval
"able to be heard"
able to be heard, from audire
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Stage 3 of 3
audible
English · 1500s
"loud enough to be heard"
settled as the English word for something loud enough to be heard
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