Etymology

mac

M3A1C3

Today it means: A person of Scottish descent (used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses). Full definition →

English Macintosh ← Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche ← Old Irish toísech
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mac · noun1

Clipping of mackintosh.

mac · noun2

Clipping of macaroni.

Mac · noun, proper noun3

See macc for details.

Mac · noun4

  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. English todayMac

Informal diminutive of Macintosh, later adopted by Apple as a trademark.

Mac · proper noun5

A shortening.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.