alleryStart learning →The word audit comes from a Latin word meaning what?
ATo count
BTo write
CTo hear
DTo weigh
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. To hear
Audit derives from the Latin audire, to hear, because early auditors listened to accounts being read out.
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