Etymology

subarctic

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic. Full definition →

English Arctic ← Middle French artique ← Latin sub-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Middle Frenchartique
  7. EnglishArctic
  8. English todaysubarctic

From sub- + Arctic.

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