Everyday LifeGreek → English
Octopus
An eight-armed marine mollusc.
The Greek roots
ὀκτώ
októ
eight
πούς
poús
foot
Literally: “eight-foot”
The story of the word
Simply 'eight-foot'. The októ counts through octagon and October (once the eighth month).
In a sentence
The octopus slipped through a gap barely its own size.