Where did the word and food calamari originate?!
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The word calamari comes from the Latin word for ink pot, refering to the black ink that squids shoot out.
Since it's an Italian word, of course it originated in Italy but I'm sure you'd get an argument from all the other Mediterranian cultures who have eaten it for thousands of years, such as Greece, Turkey, Spain.
"Calamari" is the Italian word for squid. As for the origins... well, any culture that eats seafood is going to get around to eating squid. It's tasty, once you get used to the idea of eating squid.
Hello, that's what I've found about kalamari (= squid )in English.
Kalamari in medieval greek was named like that because its body looked like an ink pot (=melanodoxeio or kalamari in greek)
You can find delicious mediterranean kalamari (=squid) recipes!
Calamari is the Italian word for squid.
Origins, actually all cultures that live by the sea/ocean eat squid.
The deep fried squid that you're referring to as an appetizer. My guess would be Italy.
Calamari is a word of Greek origin. These days, it is mostly used to mean deep-fried battered squid. In the Philippines, the dish is called "calamares" because it was brought over by the Spanish who ruled our country for almost 400 years.
Squid is found in almost all bodies of salt water, and is cooked in many different ways everywhere in the world.