Etymology

iPad

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Today it means: A lightweight low-power tablet computer of a particular range from Apple Inc. Full definition →

English pad ← Middle English werk ← Old English weorc
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Germanic*natją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  9. Old Englishnett
  10. Middle Englishnet
  11. Englishnet
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  14. Proto-Germanic*werką
  15. Proto-West Germanic*werk
  16. Old Englishweorc
  17. Middle Englishwerk
  18. Englishwork
  19. Englishnetwork
  20. Englishinternetwork
  21. EnglishInternet
  22. Englishi-
  23. Englishpad
  24. English todayiPad

From i- + pad. Apple trademark, from their "i-" series of products; especially their iOS products, the iPod and iPhone.

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