Etymology

Loonixtard

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Today it means: A highly dogmatic advocate of Linux. Full definition →

English retard ← Middle English retarden ← Anglo-Norman retarder
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The story

  1. Englishloon
  2. Ancient GreekΛῖνος (Lînos)
  3. LatinLinus
  4. EnglishLinus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  7. Proto-Italic*moltos
  8. Latinmulti-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pel-der.?
  10. Latinmultiplex
  11. Englishmultiplexed
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  13. Proto-Italic*en
  14. Proto-Italic*en-
  15. Latinin-
  16. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  17. Latinfōrma
  18. Latinfōrmō
  19. Latinīnfōrmō
  20. Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
  21. Middle Englishenformacioun
  22. Englishinformation
  23. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  24. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  25. Proto-Italic*kom
  26. Proto-Italic*kom-
  27. Latincon-
  28. Latinputus
  29. Latinputō
  30. Latincomputō
  31. Latincomputāre
  32. Frenchcomputer
  33. Englishcomputing
  34. Proto-Indo-European*ser-der.?
  35. Proto-Italic*serwos
  36. Latinservus
  37. Latinservitium
  38. Old Frenchservise
  39. Old Englishserfis
  40. Middle Englishservise
  41. Englishservice
  42. EnglishMultiplexed Information and Computing Service
  43. EnglishMultics
  44. Englisheunuchinflu.
  45. EnglishUnix
  46. EnglishLinux
  47. EnglishLoonix
  48. Proto-Italic*wre-
  49. Latinre-
  50. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  51. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂dos
  52. Proto-Italic*tardos
  53. Latintardus
  54. Latinretardō
  55. Anglo-Normanretarder
  56. Middle Englishretarden
  57. Englishretard
  58. English todayLoonixtard

From Loonix + -tard.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.