English

heptastyle

From hepta- + style.

A compound of hepta- + style

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’

Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’

Latin stilus ‘a stake’

Medieval Latin stylus

Middle English stile ‘writing tool’

English style

Today it means

adj having seven columns

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

Etymograph / heptastyle