The story
- Englishloon
- Ancient GreekΛῖνος (Lînos)
- LatinLinus
- EnglishLinus
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmulti-
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-der.?
- Latinmultiplex
- Englishmultiplexed
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
- Latinfōrma
- Latinfōrmō
- Latinīnfōrmō
- Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
- Middle Englishenformacioun
- Englishinformation
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinputus
- Latinputō
- Latincomputō
- Latincomputāre
- Frenchcomputer
- Englishcomputing
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-der.?
- Proto-Italic*serwos
- Latinservus
- Latinservitium
- Old Frenchservise
- Old Englishserfis
- Middle Englishservise
- Englishservice
- EnglishMultiplexed Information and Computing Service
- EnglishMultics
- Englisheunuchinflu.
- EnglishUnix
- EnglishLinux
- English todayLoonix
Blend of loon + Linux, possibly influenced by -oomer (“used to form the names of Wojak characters, or, by extension, caricaturized personifications of a given trait/quality”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.