English
auditor
Auditor comes from Latin audītor ‘hearer, auditor’, from audiō ‘hear, listen’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*awizdiō‘to hear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudiō‘hear, listen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudītor‘hearer, auditor’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400auditour
- Englishearliest quotation 1650auditor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*awizdiō‘to hear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudiō‘hear, listen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudītor‘hearer, auditor’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400auditour
- Englishearliest quotation 1650auditor
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “There is another of better notice, and whispered through…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, fashion, feature, mid, benefit, theme, defence, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, custom, treasure, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, defendant, feast, synthetic, theology, doom, tick, deed, atheist, ethic, atheism, dis, demi, deem, spade, thematic, ethos, feral, fanatic, familial, 130 more
through Latin audiō ‘hear, listen’
Today it means
noun One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / auditor