Talk:Calamari (disambiguation)

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etymology of calamari[edit]

Please visit below webpages.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/calamari?view=uk On the page you can notice following phrase. "ORIGIN Italian, from Greek kalamos ‘pen’ (with reference to the squid’s long tapering internal shell and its ink)."

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=calamari On the page you can notice following phrase. "Italian, plural of calamaro, calamaio, from Medieval Latin calamarium ink pot, from Latin calamus; from the inky substance the squid secretes"

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/calamari.html On the page you can notice following phrase. "Late 20th century. < Italian, plural of calamaro "squid" < medieval Latin calamarium "pen-case" (from the shape of the squid's internal shell) < Latin calamus (see calamus)"

See WP:NOT#DICT. Etymology is irrelevant. Actually the whole page should prolly redirect to squid#As a food. Meh. Potatoswatter 04:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

spanish language has no word called calamari. see: http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?LEMA=calamari