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[–] null@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Why is octopi correct? Based on what?

[–] Ropianos@feddit.org -2 points 3 months ago (1 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@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

This is the one.

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