Mildly interesting
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the more you look into octopi
The proper plural of octopus is "octopuses."
Grok:
"Octopus" comes from Ancient Greek: oktṓ (ὀκτώ) = "eight"
pous (πούς) = "foot"In Greek, the proper plural is ὀκτάποδες (oktápodes). Some very formal scientific or classical contexts still use octopodes (pronounced ok-TOP-uh-deez), but it's extremely rare in everyday English.
English usually adds -es to nouns ending in -s (or -us). So octopuses follows standard English morphology. Dictionaries and major style guides overwhelmingly prefer it:Merriam-Webster, Oxford English Dictionary, AP Style, Chicago Manual of Style — all list octopuses as the primary (and preferred) plural.
"Octopi" is widely considered a hypercorrection (people trying to sound smart and getting it wrong).
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