octavo的词源

英文词源

octavo (n.)

1580s, printer's word for sheets folded to make eight leaves, from Latin in octavo "in the eighth," ablative of octavus "eighth" (see octave). Abbreviation is 8vo.

中文词源

octavo：八开本

octa-,八，-ovo,名词后缀。比较quarto.

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