Huit
/wi/noun
The French word for the number eight.
Did you know?French *huit* keeps the old Latin numeral *octo* alive in a heavily transformed form, and its spelling once reflected a vanished initial consonant that still survives in related forms like *huitième*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*oḱtṓw
“eight”
Latin
Latin
octō
“eight”
Vulgar Latin
VL
*oito
“eight”
Old French
OF
uit
“eight”
Modern French
French
huit
“eight”