Etymology

octakis-

Today it means: A variant of octo-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix: octakishexahedron Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὀκτάκις
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὀκτάκις“eight times”
  2. English todayoctakis-

From Ancient Greek ὀκτάκις (oktákis, “eight times”).

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