Boreal definition
Origin of boreal
- Middle English from Late Latin Boreālis from Latin Boreās Boreas Boreas
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin boreālis (“northern”), from Boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέας (Boreās, “personification of the north wind”), from Balto-Slavic.
From Wiktionary