Etymology

eMac

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Today it means: A computer of a line of low-end computers made by Apple Inc. Full definition →

English Mac ← Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche ← Old Irish toísech
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  8. Proto-Italic*doukō
  9. Latindūcō
  10. Latindux
  11. Latinēducō
  12. Latinēducātiō
  13. Englisheducation
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englisheducational
  17. Englishe-
  18. Proto-Celtic*makkʷos
  19. Old Irishmacc
  20. Middle Irishmac
  21. Scottish Gaelicmac
  22. Scottish Gaelican
  23. Proto-Celtic*to-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*wéydtus
  26. Proto-Celtic*wissus
  27. Proto-Celtic*towissus
  28. Proto-Celtic*towissākos
  29. Old Irishtoísech
  30. Scottish Gaelictòisiche
  31. Scottish GaelicMac an Tòisiche
  32. EnglishMcIntosh
  33. EnglishMacintosh
  34. EnglishMac
  35. English todayeMac

From e- (“educational”) + Mac (“Macintosh”).

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