Where does “auditress” come from?
auditress (English) comes from English auditor, from Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin auditor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
auditress (English): A female hearer
Definitions
- A female hearer
Ancestry of “auditress”, step by step
auditress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auditor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auditor | One who audits bookkeeping accounts; In many... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | auditour | — |
| 3 | Latin | auditor | a hearer; an auditor; a pupil, disciple; a person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |