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- Proto-Celtic*makkʷos
- Old Irishmacc
- Middle Irishmac
- Scottish Gaelicmac
- Scottish Gaelican
- Proto-Celtic*to-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydtus
- Proto-Celtic*wissus
- Proto-Celtic*towissus
- Proto-Celtic*towissākos
- Old Irishtoísech
- Scottish Gaelictòisiche
- Scottish GaelicMac an Tòisiche
- EnglishMcIntosh
- EnglishMacintosh
- EnglishMac
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
- Proto-Italic*akʷā
- Latinaqua
- Latinaquārium
- Englishaquarium
- English todayMacquarium
Blend of Mac + aquarium, coined by computer writer and Macquarium creator Andy Ihnatko (originally as a joke regarding the approaching obsolescence of early Compact Macintosh models).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.