Putto Today, in Italian, "putto" means either toddler winged angel or, rarely, toddler boy. It may have been derived from the same Indo-European root as the Sanskrit word "putra" (meaning "boy child", as opposed to "son"), Avestan "puθra"-, Old Persian "puça"-, Pahlavi (Middle Persian) "pus" and "pusar", all meaning "son", and the New Persian "pesar" "boy, son". Putti, in the ancient classical world of art, were winged infants that were believed to influence human lives. In Renaissance art, the form of the putto was derived in various ways including the Greek Eros or Roman Amor/Cupid, the god of love and companion
Plural form of words ending in -us all fields, found "octopods", "octopi", and "octopodes" all stayed the same, but "octopuses" increased to 1054 papers. Indicating "octopuses" is the most preferred in the scientific record, whereas "octopodes" is never used. "Fowler's Modern English Usage" states that "the only acceptable plural in English is "octopuses,"" and that "octopi" is misconceived and "octopodes" pedantic. The term "octopod" (plural "octopods" or "octopodes") is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent. The collective form "octopus" is usually reserved for animals consumed for food. The situation with the word "platypus" is similar to that of "octopus"; the word is