The story
Blend of Coleman + Dvorak, from the name of its inventor, Shai Coleman, and in reference to the earlier Dvorak keyboard layout.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colemak
Today it means: A keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets, somewhat similar to the QWERTY layout, but placing the most frequently used letters of the English language on the home row. Full definition →