Archipelago — Latin "Archipelagus" derived from the Greek name for the Aegean Sea with almost 2,500 islands running between the east coast of Greece and the west coast of Turkey starting at the island of Crete in the south.

• In 1578, George Best called the Canadian Arctic Ocean an "Archipelagus", a real "Aegean Sea" as his ship searched for the North West Passage. A similar word was used in a published memoir by Portuguese explorer Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509-1583) with reference to the East Indies. Translated into English in 1653 as "Archipelague", the word became "archipelago" when referring to any island chain, or collection of islands.
• Another sea-related word in Latin is "Pen-insula" — "Almost an island" from "Paene" — "Almost". Paene is used in the Latin-derived words "Pen-itence" — "Something's missing or lacking" and "Re-pentance" — "Re (do) - Almost (there)" based on the Greek word "Meta-noia" — "Change (it's tough at times but) - Knowing (the end will be good)" .