word-forming element meaning "sound, hearing," from combining form of Latin audire "to hear" (from PIE root *au- "to perceive"); used in English word formation by 1890s.
auctioneer
audacious
audacity
audible
audience
audio-
audio
audiology
audiophile
audiotape
audiovisual
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