octa-

octa-
a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek and Latin, where it meant "eight" (octagon; octastyle), on this model, used in the formation of compound words, and in chemical terms specialized to mean "having eight atoms" (octavalent).
Also, oct-, octo-.
[ < Gk okta-, comb. form of októ EIGHT]

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