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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνταρκτικός
- New Latin · derived fromAntarctica
- English todayAntarctica
From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντι- (anti-, “anti-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀνταρκτικός all →
antarctic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.