What words are derivatives from the latin word septem?

Answer 1

Some words with the prefix octa- are octagon, octahedron, octaves, octane, and octarchy. The prefix has the meaning of eight. For example, an octagon is an eight-sided polygon, and an octarchy is a government run by eight people.

Answer 2

"Octa" is derived from the Greek word meaning eight, "Octo". Any word beginning with "Octa", describes something which includes eight (8) of something, such as "octagon" is a structure or box having eight sides, or octagenerian is a person who is eighty years old.

Answer 3

Almost every word that means eight but not all that being with Octo or Oct mean eight.. Octogon, Octapus, October and so on and so forth.

Answer 4

well, octo means 8.

So a few derivitives I can think of would be Octopus(eight legs), Octogenerian (80 year old person), octave (8 musical notes).

Answer 5

Septem is a word meaning "seventh." A derivative is September; until 46 BC, September was the seventh month.

Answer 6

Words that comes from 'septem' (Latin for seven) include September, septennial, septet, and septanarty. Look up 'sept' in an actual dictionary for more.