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Octagon

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a geometric shape with eight sides and eight angles
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Stage 1 of 2
okto
Greek · ancient
"eight"
eight, combined with gonia (angle)
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Stage 2 of 2
octagon
English · 1650s
"an eight-sided geometric shape"
settled as the geometric word for an eight-sided shape
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