köken: Borrowed from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).
köken: Borrowed from French arctique, from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”).
Arctic (a continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole)
köken: From English Arctic, from Middle French artique (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
Etimoloji
Internationalism; compare English Arctic, French Arctique, Russian А́рктика (Árktika).