Added 9 October 2026
octopus
/ˈɒktəpʊs/ noun
In Latin: polypūs, octopūs Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about octopus at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
Borrowed from Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Piecewise doublet of octopod and octopede.
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