Where does “boreal” come from?

Boreal comes from Latin borealis, from Latin boreas, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς, the name of the north wind in Greek mythology.

boreal (English): Of, relating to, or coming from the north

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or coming from the north

Ancestry of “boreal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinboreālisnorthern
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “boreal”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin boreālis →