Audit
/ˈɔː.dɪt/noun
An official inspection of accounts or records.
Did you know?Audit comes from Latin *audire*, “to hear,” because early auditors were the people who listened to accounts being read aloud and detected fraud by ear.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ewdʰ-
“to hear, perceive by ear”
Latin
Latin
audīre
“to hear”
Late Latin
Latin
audītus
“a hearing, an examination of accounts”
Old French
Old French
auditer
“to hear, examine”
14th Century
English
audit
“an official hearing or examination of accounts”
Modern English
English
audit
“an official inspection of financial records”