Where does “octonarius” come from?

octonarius (English) comes from Latin octōnārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

octonarius (English): A verse having eight metrical feet

Definitions

  1. A verse having eight metrical feet

Ancestry of “octonarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoctōnāriuscontaining or consisting of eight things
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin octōnārius →