Etymograph

English

Octavia

Octavia comes from Latin octavus ‘the eighth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓwos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*oḱtṓwos‘eighth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oktāwos‘eighth’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoctavus‘the eighth’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEOctāvia
  5. EnglishtodayOctavia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*oḱtṓwos‘eighth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oktāwos‘eighth’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoctavus‘the eighth’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEOctāvia
  5. EnglishtodayOctavia

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw ‘eight’

eight, aught, 20 more

Today it means

name A female given name from Latin, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓwos / Octavia

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