Where does “ottavo” come from?

ottavo (Italian) 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,...

ottavo (Italian): eighth

Definitions

  1. eighth

Ancestry of “ottavo”, 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 oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos →