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octavo (n.)
[octavo 词源字典]
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.
[octavo etymology, octavo origin, 英语词源]
[octavo 词源字典]