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Gemini24601@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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    1 year ago

    The Latin origin. Words ending on -us turn almost always into -i in plural in Latin. And that’s where it comes from (octo eight, pus/pes foot).

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      It’s Greek, not Latin. It should be octopodes.

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        This is the one.

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