English
Antarctic
Antarctic comes from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνταρκτικόςantarktikós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantarcticus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600antartique
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500antartik
- Englishearliest quotation 1972Antarctic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνταρκτικόςantarktikós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantarcticus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600antartique
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500antartik
- Englishearliest quotation 1972Antarctic
Earliest quotation: 1972, George William Turner, The English Language in Australia and New Zealand: “We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an…”
A compound of ἀντί ‘opposite’ + ἀρκτικός ‘Arctic’ + -ικός ‘-ic’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead, front’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘front, opposite’
Ancient Greek ἀντί ‘opposite’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός
Today it means
adj Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός / Antarctic