Where does “octāvus” come from?

octāvus (Latin) comes 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,...

octāvus (Latin): eighth; the ordinal number between septimus and nōnus

Definitions

  1. eighth; the ordinal number between septimus and nōnus

Ancestry of “octāvus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicoktāwoseighth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓwoseighth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

Words derived from “octāvus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwEvery word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos
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