Where does “octaaf” come from?

octaaf (Dutch) comes from Latin octāvus, from Proto-Italic oktāwos, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

octaaf (Dutch): octave

Definitions

  1. octave

Ancestry of “octaaf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoctāvuseighth; the ordinal number between septimus and nōnus
2Proto-Italicoktāwoseighth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓwoseighth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

Words derived from “octaaf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwEvery word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos
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