The story
- Latin · derived fromoctavus“eighth”
- English todayoctave
From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava.
Words from the same roots
Latinoctavus all →
ochavaoitava
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
octave
Today it means: An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency. Full definition →
Latin octavus