What does the word arttic mean and where does it come from.?

Question

We all know it is the north pole but what does the word mean.

Answer 1

The northern polar region of the Earth which includes almost the whole area of the Arctic ocean and adjacent areas of Eurasian and North American continents. Technically the term “Canadian Arctic” covers the part of Canada that is north of the Arctic Circle, but we often use the term to describe everything north of the tree line.

Oxford Dictionaries [1] claims that the origin is "from Greek arktos ‘bear, Ursa Major, pole star’."

Answer 2

It refers to the area around the north pole, the area north of the arctic circle where during some parts of the year the sun never rises. It comes to us from the Latin and refers to the "bear" i.e. the Great Bear constellation in the northern sky.

Answer 3

The word arctic comes from the Middle English word artic, which meant northern, and that came (via Latin) from the Greek word arktikos, "from arktos, bear, the northern constellation Ursa Major."

Answer 4

I think you mean "arctic." Go to www.dictionary.com and you will see your answer - both definition and origin.

Answer 5

are you sure u spelled it right?