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minus-square@Ropianos@feddit.orglinkfedilink3•10 months agoThe 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).
minus-square@Leviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink18•10 months agoIt’s Greek, not Latin. It should be octopodes.
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).
It’s Greek, not Latin. It should be octopodes.
This is the one.