Where does “audit” come from?

audit (French) comes from English audit, from Latin audītus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

audit (French): audit

Definitions

  1. audit

Ancestry of “audit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishauditA judicial examination; An examination in...
2Latinaudītusheard, having been listened to
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →