Etymograph

English

ochava

Ochava comes from Spanish ochava ‘⅛ Spanish ounce’, from Latin octāvus ‘one-eighth’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*oḱtṓw1‘eight’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*oḱtṓwos1‘eighth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oktāwos1‘eighth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoctāvus2‘one-eighth’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentochava2‘⅛ Spanish ounce’
  6. Englishtodayochava2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin octavus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English ochava

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*oḱtṓwWiktionary, Latin octavus‘eight’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*oḱtṓwosWiktionary, Latin octavus‘eighth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*oktāwosWiktionary, Latin octavus‘eighth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoctāvusWiktionary, English ochava‘one-eighth’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentochavaWiktionary, English ochava‘⅛ Spanish ounce’
  6. EnglishtodayochavaWiktionary, English ochava

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw ‘eight’

eight, aught, 17 more

through Latin octāvus ‘one-eighth’

octave, octavo, 2 more

Today it means

noun A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 3.6 g.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ochava”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin octavus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw / ochava

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