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octave

OK-tiv · noun

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Origin

Octave comes from Latin octavus, meaning "eighth," marking the eighth note in a musical scale that returns to the tone you began with.

Journey

The facts given don't trace a further shift in meaning beyond its root sense of "eighth."

Related words

Octave is a doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava — different words descended from that same Latin octavus, shaped by different paths into English and other languages.

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