Etymology

Macquarium

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Today it means: An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal computer. Full definition →

English aquarium ← Latin aquārium ← Proto-Italic *akʷā
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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. EnglishMac
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  19. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  20. Latinaqua
  21. Latinaquārium
  22. Englishaquarium
  23. 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).

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