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What does the Latin word audire, the root of audit, mean?

ATo record
BTo count
CTo hear
DTo verify
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. To hear
Audit comes from the Latin audire, meaning to hear, because early auditors listened to accounts being read aloud.
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