Etymology

MacBook

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Today it means: A MacBook-brand notebook computer, manufactured by Apple Computer. Full definition →

English notebook ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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  1. Proto-Celtic*makkʷos
  2. Old Irishmacc
  3. Middle Irishmac
  4. Scottish Gaelicmac
  5. Scottish Gaelican
  6. Proto-Celtic*to-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wéydtus
  9. Proto-Celtic*wissus
  10. Proto-Celtic*towissus
  11. Proto-Celtic*towissākos
  12. Old Irishtoísech
  13. Scottish Gaelictòisiche
  14. Scottish GaelicMac an Tòisiche
  15. EnglishMcIntosh
  16. EnglishMacintosh
  17. Old Frenchnote
  18. Middle Englishnote
  19. Englishnote
  20. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  21. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  22. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  23. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  24. Old Englishbōc
  25. Middle Englishbok
  26. Englishbook
  27. Englishnotebook
  28. English todayMacBook

A trademark; apparently a blend of Macintosh + notebook.

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