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Octopus

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a soft-bodied sea creature with eight arms
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oktopous
Greek · ancient
"eight-footed"
literally eight-foot, from okto (eight) and pous (foot)
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octopus
English · 1700s
"an eight-armed sea creature"
adopted as the scientific and common name for the sea creature
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