Talk:Antarctica

I thought the etymology was ant- + Arctic, meaning "opposite the Arctic"? In any case, "Arctic" comes from "arktos", meaning "bear" (because polar bears are found there), rather than anything to do with circles. &mdash; Paul G July 1, 2005 12:16 (UTC)

Paul's opinion is confirmed by www.etymonline.com

(Arktikos means Bear, the Constellation, not the animal) SemperBlotto 1 July 2005 13:19 (UTC)


 * In future edits... can folks please use for etymology that references Ancient Greek?   is actually for Modern Greek (surprisingly, the list of words that *should* have this in their etyms is not an empty list, though it is small).  Thanks!  ArielGlenn 15:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)