Where does “oct” come from?
oct (English) comes from Proto-Slavic ocьtъ, from Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄, from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
oct (English): Abbreviation of octal
Ancestry of “oct”, step by step