'audiogenic' originates from Latin and Greek: the prefix 'audio-' comes from Latin 'audīre' meaning 'to hear', and the suffix '-genic' comes from Greek 'γενής' ('-genēs') meaning 'producing' or 'born of'.

'audiogenic' was formed in modern English by combining the Latin-derived combining form 'audio-' with the Greek-derived combining form '-genic' to mean 'produced by sound'; it arose through technical/medical coinage rather than from a single older English word.

Initially constructed to mean 'produced by hearing' or 'originating from sound' in technical contexts; it has remained specialized, often used in medical contexts to describe phenomena (e.g., seizures) triggered by sound.