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Where does “Octavia” come from?

Octavia is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin feminine form Octavia, originally meaning "of the eighth" or "eighth-born."

Ancestry of “Octavia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinOctāvia—
2LatinOctāvius—
3Latinoctāvus—
4Proto-Italicoktāwos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓwos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
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