Where does “quadragesimo-octavo” come from?

quadragesimo-octavo (English) 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,...

quadragesimo-octavo (English): A paper size, (2.5"-3.1" x 2.5"-3.3"), one forty-eighth of a standard uncut flat sheet

Definitions

  1. A paper size, (2.5"-3.1" x 2.5"-3.3"), one forty-eighth of a standard uncut flat sheet

Ancestry of “quadragesimo-octavo”, 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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwEvery word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos