Where does “octennium” come from?
octennium (English) comes from Latin octennium, from Latin octennis, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic atnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.
octennium (English): An eight-year period or cycle
Definitions
- An eight-year period or cycle
Ancestry of “octennium”, step by step