Words that come from Ancient Greek “ἄρκτος”

77 words across 30 languages descend from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος — including Arctic, Antarctic, Antarctica, arctic, Arcturus, subarctic, antarctic, subantarctic.

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English (19)

Latin (5)

Ancient Greek (5)

French (5)

Italian (5)

Latvian (3)

Portuguese (3)

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Swedish (2)

Romanian (2)

Spanish (2)

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Norwegian Bokmål (2)

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German (2)

Middle English (2)

Middle French (1)

Greek (1)

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Translingual (1)

Telugu (1)

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Assamese (1)

Thai (1)

Swahili (1)

Hindi (1)

Dutch (1)

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