Word Origin Summary

Antarctica is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• အန္တာတိက

  Burmese · borrowed from

• แอนตาร์กติกา

  Thai · borrowed from

• Antarctica

  English · derived from

• אַנטאַרקטיקע

  YID · borrowed from

• Antartika

  Basque · derived from

• Antaktika

  Swahili · borrowed from

• Antarktika

  Indonesian · derived from

• Antarktis

  Swedish · derived from

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