| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | au- |
| DEFINITION: | To perceive. Compound forms *au-dh-, *awis-dh-, “to place perception” (*dh-, to place; see dh -). 1. Suffixed form *awisdh-yo- or *audh-yo-. audible, audience, audile, audio-, audit, audition, auditor, auditorium, auditory, oyez; obey, subaudition, from Latin aud re, to hear. 2. aesthetic; anesthesia, from Greek aisthanesthai, to feel. (Pokorny 8. a - 78.) |
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