Where does “octogeni” come from?

octogeni (Latin) comes from Latin octoginta, from Latin octo, from Proto-Italic oktō, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

octogeni (Latin): eighty each; eighty at a time

Definitions

  1. eighty each; eighty at a time

Ancestry of “octogeni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoctogintaeighty; 80
2Latinoctoeight; 8
3Proto-Italicoktōeight
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-Italic oktō
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