Etymology

octameter

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Today it means: A line of verse containing eight metrical feet Full definition →

English meter ← Ancient Greek ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-) ← Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
  2. Proto-Hellenic*oktṓ
  3. Ancient Greekὀκτώ (oktṓ)
  4. Ancient Greekὀκτᾰ- (oktă-)
  5. Englishocta-
  6. Englishmeter
  7. English todayoctameter

From octa- + meter.

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