caracatiță

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caracatiță

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Attested c. 1650 as cracatiță.

Of Slavic origin, cf. Bulgarian кракатица (krakatica, “cuttlefish”), Serbo-Croatian karakatnica (“octopus”), Ukrainian каракатиця (karakatycja, “cuttlefish”), Russian каракатица (karakatica, “cuttlefish”), Czech krakatice (“squid”). The form and early date make Bulgarian the likely source language; Ukrainian is also a possibility.

The base concept is кракат (“long-legged, having legs”), from крак (krak, “limb, leg of an aquatic animal”), cf. Romanian crac (“leg, forked branch”), but influenced also by Turkish kara (“black”).

noun caracatițe · caracatiță · caracatița · caracatițele

feminine octopus (mollusc)

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octopus mollusc

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"caracatiță." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/caracati%C8%9B%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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caracatiță. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/caracati%C8%9B%C4%83

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"caracatiță." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/caracati%C8%9B%C4%83.

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@misc{caracatit_a_2026,
  title = {caracatiță},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/caracati%C8%9B%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}