octo-

1. variant of octa-:

   octosyllabic.

octo-

combining_form

1. eight

   octosyllabic

   octagon

Word History and Origins

Origin of octo-¹

from Latin octo, Greek okto

Example Sentences

I joke that we live in a blue-zone, at least for women, because we have so many healthy, active, vibrant female octo- and nonagenarians.

From Salon

The college said the students who worked for Weston Media Works through Octo Leisure Limited - both of which were run by Kavanagh - were not "placed by Weston College or registered as our students".

From BBC

It provided £36,639.99 to Kavanagh's firm Octo Leisure Ltd based in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, between October 2021 and May 2022, a BBC Freedom Of Information request found out.

From BBC

A spokeswoman for the DWP said Weston College had ceased recruitment via Octo Leisure Ltd in December 2021.

From BBC

He later moved to Weston-super-Mare and created Octo Leisure Ltd - which was given the Kickstart funding - as well as Weston Media Works - which provided various media-related services and employed the students.

From BBC

Words That Use octo-

What does octo- mean?

Octo- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “eight.” It is used in a great many scientific and technical terms.

Octo- comes from te Greek oktṓ, meaning “eight.” The Latin equivalent, which is almost identical in spelling and pronunciation, is octō.

What are variants of octo-?

When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, octo- becomes oct-, as in octane. Another variant of octo- is octa-, as in octastyle. Want to know more? Check out our Words That Use entries for both oct- and octa-.

Examples of octo-

An example of a word you may have encountered that features octo- is octopus, an animal “having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.” Octopus comes from Greek oktṓpous, which uses the equivalent of the form octo-.

The octo- portion of the word means “eight,” but the -pus part means “footed,” from Greek poús. Octopus literally translates to “eight-footed.”

What are some words that use the combining form octo-?

• octocentenary
• octofoil
• octogenarian (using the equivalent form of octo- in Latin)
• octometer
• octonary (using the equivalent form of octo- in Latin)
• octosyllable (using the equivalent form of octo- in Latin)

What are some other forms that octo- may be commonly confused with?

• oc-
• oculo-
• ocy-
• oleo-
• ont-
• onto-
• opto-
• oto-
• oxo-

Break it down!

Centenary means “a period of 100 years.” With this in mind, what is an octocentenary?