eMac

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noun

A computer of a line of low-end computers made by Apple Inc.

OriginEnglish Mac ← Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche ← Old Irish toísech →
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

eMac1

nouneMac (plural eMacs)

plural eMacs

  1. computingA computer of a line of low-end computers made by Apple Inc.

EMAC2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

Origin

  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. EnglisheMac

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

eMac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eMac

MLA

“eMac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eMac. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eMac,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eMac.

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