Where does “ouïe” come from?

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

ouïe (French): hearing, audition; gill; f-hole, sound hole

Definitions

  1. hearing, audition; gill; f-hole, sound hole

Ancestry of “ouïe”, step by step

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