[TexasGator]

How did squid become calimari?

[nickcarraway]

It was calimari first, that word goes back to the 16th century. Squid only goes back to the 17th century.

[Fiji Hill]

How did squid become calimari?

The same way that the conch sea snails turned into scunizzi.

[Albion Wilde]

How did squid become calimari?

Other languages have other words! The seafood culture of the Italian peninnsula predated the U.S. by many centuries. Calamari is the Italian word for a specific kind of squid. One of the roots in the word is "mar", which means "sea."

Fresh calamari, before slicing and cooking: