"Octo" is Latin for the number eight. An octopus is s named because it has eight tentacles. An octohedron is a shape with eight sides. An octagon is a shae with eight equal sides.
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octa is a 8 sided shape
No, octo, or octa, means 8.No, octo, or octa, means 8.No, octo, or octa, means 8.No, octo, or octa, means 8.
Dodeca, meaning twelve... in the word octagon 'octa' (eight) is the prefix, polygon 'poly' (many) and so on. These prefixes come from ancient Greek.
A polyhedron is closed a 3-dimensional figure whose faces are all polygons. The prefix "octa-" refers to eight and an octahedron is a polyhedron with 8 faces.
As the "octa" at the beginning of the word would imply, an octagon is a shape with eight sides.