- variant of octa-: octosyllabic.
combining form
- eightoctosyllabic; octagon
word-forming element, before vowels oct-, from comb. form of Latin octo “eight” (see octa-). pref.
- Eight:octan.
combining form
word-forming element, before vowels oct-, from comb. form of Latin octo “eight” (see octa-). pref.