8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. == Etymology == English eight, from Old English eahta, æhta, Proto-Germanic *ahto is a direct continuation of the hypothesized Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓ(w)-, and as such cognate with Greek ὀκτώ and Latin octo-, both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective octaval or octavary, the distributive adjective is octonary.
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. == Etymology == English eight, from Old English eahta, æhta, Proto-Germanic *ahto is a direct continuation of the hypothesized Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓ(w)-, and as such cognate with Greek ὀκτώ and Latin octo-, both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective octaval or octavary, the distributive adjective is octonary.
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