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Where does the word "auditory" come from? It comes from Latin audire, and was adopted directly into English (1650s).
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Where does the word "auditory" come from? It comes from Latin audire, and was adopted directly into English (1650s).
Auditory’s story begins in Latin: audire meant “to hear.” The root of 'audio', 'audit' and 'audition'. It reached English by 1650s as auditory. Settled as the English word for anything relating to hearing. Today, auditory means relating to the sense of hearing.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient audire "to hear", the root of 'audio', 'audit' and 'audition'.
- Stage 2 · English · 1650s auditory "relating to the sense of hearing", settled as the English word for anything relating to hearing.