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Where does “audience” come from?

audience (French) comes from Old French audience, 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.

audience (French): audience, viewer

Definitions

  1. audience, viewer

Ancestry of “audience”, step by step

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

Words derived from “audience”

  • audiență
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