Etymology

octo-

Today it means: eight Full definition →

Latin octō ← Proto-Italic *oktō ← Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
  2. Proto-Hellenic*oktṓ
  3. Ancient Greekὀκτώ (oktṓ)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
  5. Proto-Italic*oktō
  6. Latinoctō
  7. English todayocto-

From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) and Latin octō (“eight”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὀκτώ all →

octapodyoctodontidyocto-yotta-

Latinoctō all →

Octoberoctic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.