Etymology

circumpolar

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Today it means: Located or found throughout a polar region. Full definition →

English polar ← Late Latin polāri ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Ancient Greekκίρκος (kírkos)
  3. Latincircus
  4. Latincircum
  5. Latincircum-
  6. Englishcircum-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷól-os
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pólos
  10. Ancient Greekπόλος (pólos)
  11. Latinpolus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latinpolāri
  15. Englishpolar
  16. English todaycircumpolar

From circum- + polar.

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