arctic English · revision 13308

− It is Middle English artik, [[bor|fro|artique]] and directly from Medieval Latin articus,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin arcticus, from Greek [[m|grc|ἀρκτικός|tr=arktikós|t=of the north]], literally of the Bear,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|grc|ἄρκτος|tr=árktos|t=bear; the Great Bear; the north]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from the usual PIE word for bear, *rtko-, also in Latin ursus.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The Bear is Ursa Major, the best-known constellation always seen in the north, not the polar bear.^(Cresswell 2021)^(Etymonline)