The story
- Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
- Proto-Hellenic*oktṓ
- Ancient Greekὀκτώ (oktṓ)
- Ancient Greekὀκτᾰ- (oktă-)
- Englishocta-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Palisakkharā
- Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
- Latinsaccharon
- Latinsaccharum
- Englishsaccharo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishsaccharide
- Englishsaccharidic
- English todayoctasaccharidic
From octa- + saccharidic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.