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Where does “polaire” come from?

polaire (French) comes from Middle French polaire, from Latin polāris, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

polaire (French): polar

Definitions

  1. polar

Ancestry of “polaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpolaire—
2Latinpolāris—
3Latinpoluspole
4Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “polaire”

  • épipolaire
  • tripolaire
  • multipolaire
  • bipolaire
  • dipolaire
  • apolaire
  • unipolaire
  • quadripolaire
  • tétrapolaire
  • péripolaire
  • πολική αρκούδα
  • Πολικός Αστέρας
  • πολικός
  • multipolar
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