Where does “audition” come from?
Audition comes from Middle French audicion, from Latin auditio, derived from the Latin verb audio meaning "to hear," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁-.
audition (English): A performance, by an aspiring performer, to...
Definitions
- A performance, by an aspiring performer, to...
Ancestry of “audition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | audicion | — |
| 2 | Latin | audītiō | a listening, hearing |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |