Etymology

Mactard

M3A1C3T1A1R1D2

Today it means: One who uses and uncritically advocates Macintosh computers. Full definition →

English retard ← Middle English retarden ← Anglo-Norman retarder
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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-Italic*wre-
  19. Latinre-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂dos
  22. Proto-Italic*tardos
  23. Latintardus
  24. Latinretardō
  25. Anglo-Normanretarder
  26. Middle Englishretarden
  27. Englishretard
  28. English todayMactard

From Mac (“a Macintosh computer”) + -tard.

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