eightfold

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eightfold

Where it comes from

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight + -fold.

adjective

  1. not comparable Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
  2. not comparable Containing eight parts. 2003, Richard Morris, The Last Sorcerers, page 213, The scheme, which Gell-Mann called the eightfold way, grouped mesons and baryons into families.

adverb

  1. not comparable By a factor of eight.

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adj eight times as much

Ελληνικάοκταπλός oktaplós, οχταπλός ochtaplós
Русскийвосьмикра́тный vosʹmikrátnyj

adj containing eight parts

Русскийвосьмерно́й vosʹmernój, восьмери́чный vosʹmeríčnyj

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@misc{eightfold_2026,
  title = {eightfold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eightfold},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}