Etymology

calamary

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Today it means: A squid. Full definition →

Latin calamārius
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromcalamārius
  2. English todaycalamary

Learned borrowing from Latin calamārius, from calamus (“a reed pen”), because of the ink emitted by squids.

Words from the same roots

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