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submitted 5 months ago by Gemini24601 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Why is octopi correct? Based on what?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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).

[–] Leviathan 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Telodzrum 5 points 5 months ago

This is the one.

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