Where does “audience” come from?

Audience comes from Latin audientia, the noun form of audiens, the present participle of audio, meaning "to hear," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.

audience (English): A group of people within hearing; specifically, a...

Definitions

  1. A group of people within hearing; specifically, a...

Ancestry of “audience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishaudience—
2Middle Frenchaudience—
3Old Frenchaudience—
4LatinaudientiaThe act of hearing or listening; attention, heed;...
5Latinaudiēnshearing, listening
6Latinaudiōto hear, listen to
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ew-is-d-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “audience”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew-is-d- →Every word from Latin audiō →