eight
nounEtymology
PIE word *oḱtṓw Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-West Germanic *ahtō Old English eahta Middle English eighte English eight From Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognate with Scots aucht (“eight”), West Frisian acht (“eight”), Dutch acht (“eight”), Low German acht (“eight”), German acht (“eight”), Norwegian åtte (“eight”), Swedish åtta (“eight”), Icelandic átta (“eight”), Latin octo (“eight”), Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Irish ocht (“eight”), among others. False cognate of Tamil எட்டு (eṭṭu), Malayalam എട്ട് (eṭṭŭ).
The digit/figure 8.
Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
Eight o'clock.
- About eight on the Saturday morning, she purchases a large sheath-knife in the Palais Royal [...]1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter I, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book IV (Terror):
- Sharp at eight we were waiting on the wharf where the Messagerie boats lie, and wondering what the deuce was going to happen.1905, Guy Newell Boothby, “The Treasure of Sacramento Nick”, in A Crime of the Under-Seas, London: Ward Lock & Co Limited, →OCLC, →OL:
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- Miranda showed him in at a quarter to eight, accompanied by a pretty young woman she introduced as Erin d'Angelo.1997 February 1 [1981 April 12], John Dunning, Deadline, New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263:
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aces and eights, big eight, crazy eight, crazy eights, Cuban eight, Eight Ash Green, eight-ball, eight ball, eight-bar blues, eight-day clock, eighteen, eight figures, eight-hooter, eightish, eight-jewel, eight-legged essay, eightlike, eight-lined keelback, eightling, eight-masted, eightness, eight-oar, eight o'clock, eight-pack, eight pack, eight-pager, eightpence, eightpenny, eight-penny nail, eight penny nail, eightplex, eight-precious, eights and aces, eightscore, eightsies, eightsman, eight-spotted flea beetle, eight-thousander, eight-top, eight-treasure, eighty, eighty-eight, feel eight feet tall, figure-eight, figure eight, figure-eight hitch, figure of eight, figure-of-eight, grade eight, last eight, lazy eight, middle eight, number eight, one over the eight, piece of eight, standing eight, straight-eight, straight eight, twenty-five-eight, two and eight- Related terms
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