English
auditorium
Auditorium comes from Latin audītōrium ‘a hearing of a cause at law, a judicial…’, from audiō ‘to hear’, 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‘to hear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudītōrius‘pertaining to hearing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudītōrium‘a hearing of a cause at law, a judicial examination’
- Englishearliest quotation 1854auditorium
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‘to hear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudītōrius‘pertaining to hearing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaudītōrium‘a hearing of a cause at law, a judicial examination’
- Englishearliest quotation 1854auditorium
Earliest quotation: 1854, Dwight's Journal of Music, Boston: “The Academy of Music is 204 feet in length…”
Formed from auditory + -ium
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- ‘to see, perceive’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis ‘clearly, manifestly’
Proto-Italic *awizdiō ‘to hear’
Latin audiō ‘to hear’
Latin audītōrius ‘pertaining to a hearer or hearing’
English auditory
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, fashion, feature, mid, benefit, theme, defence, ethnic, sufficient, custom, treasury, treasure, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, defendant, feast, synthetic, theology, doom, tick, deed, atheist, ethic, dis, atheism, demi, deem, spade, thematic, ethos, feral, fanatic, familial, 130 more
through Latin audiō ‘to hear’
Today it means
noun A large room for public meetings or performances.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / auditorium