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Where does “audiencia” come from?

audiencia (English) comes from Spanish audiencia, from Latin audientia, from Latin audiēns, from Latin audiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew-is-d-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

audiencia (English): An appellate court of the Spanish empire

Definitions

  1. An appellate court of the Spanish empire

Ancestry of “audiencia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaudienciaaudience; a tribunal of justice of a defined...
2LatinaudientiaThe act of hearing or listening; attention, heed;...
3Latinaudiēns—
4Latinaudiō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ew-is-d-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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