English
audiencia
Audiencia comes from Spanish audiencia ‘audience’, from Latin audiō ‘hear, listen’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to see, perceive’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-‘to see, perceive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ewis‘clearly, manifestly’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*awizdiō‘to hear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudiō‘hear, listen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudientia
- Spanishc. 1500–presentaudiencia‘audience’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew-‘to see, perceive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ewis‘clearly, manifestly’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*awizdiō‘to hear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudiō‘hear, listen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudientia
- Spanishc. 1500–presentaudiencia‘audience’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992same form
Earliest quotation: 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America: “After Cortés the government of New Spain degenerated under…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to see, perceive’
love, egg, ear, aviation, acoustic, oval, avid, ey, ovation, anesthesia, avian, aviator, auspicious, aural, avarice, ocarina, aviary, otolaryngology, 64 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis ‘clearly, manifestly’
through Proto-Italic *awizdiō ‘to hear’
audition, auditorium, auditor, 7 more
through Latin audiō ‘hear, listen’
Today it means
noun An appellate court of the Spanish empire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- / audiencia