ETYM Old Eng. artik, Old Fren. artique, French arctique, Latin arcticus, from Greek, from arktos a bear, also a northern constellation so called.
1. Extremely cold; SYN. freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar.
2. Of or relating to the Arctic.

ETYM Latin borealis: cf. French boréal. Related to Boreas.
1. Comprising or throughout far northern regions; SYN. circumboreal.
2. Relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind.
3. Toward or located in the north.
Pertaining to Boreas, the north wind; cold; of the north.

An inhabitant of the extreme north. (dweller) in extreme north or cold.

Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north

1. Coming from the north; used especially of wind; SYN. northern.
2. Situated in or oriented toward the north; SYN. northern.

ETYM as. northerne.
1. In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line.
2. Situated in or coming from regions of the north.

Toward the north