Etymology

macintosh

M3A1C3I1N1T1O1S1H4

Today it means: A brand of personal computer manufactured by Apple Inc. Full definition →

English McIntosh ← Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche ← Old Irish toísech
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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. English todayMacintosh

From Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche, meaning "son of the thane (Old Irish toísech (“leader”))". The brand is named after McIntosh, an apple cultivar, in turn also from the Scottish Gaelic name.

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicMac an Tòisiche all →

McIntosh

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.