English
audacious
Audacious comes from Latin audacia ‘boldness’, from audāx ‘bold, daring’, and ultimately from sōdēs ‘if you please’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōdēs‘if you please’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEavidus‘greedy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudeō‘to dare, venture, risk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudāx‘bold, daring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudacia‘boldness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1871audacious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōdēs‘if you please’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEavidus‘greedy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudeō‘to dare, venture, risk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudāx‘bold, daring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudacia‘boldness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1871audacious
Earliest quotation: 1871, Anthony Trollope: “It was an audacious thing for her to attempt,…”
Formed from -ious
Linked words
through Latin avidus ‘greedy’
Today it means
adj Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sōdēs / audacious