Meanings
proper noun
- communicationsA mobile operating system (OS) created and developed by Apple Inc. used for its tablets.
Apple is rolling out the public beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Thursday. We have a full (and lengthy) preview guide on both operating systems here, and now we’re breaking down how to get the public beta on your iPhone or iPad.
2020 July 9, Jacob Krol, “Here’s how to get the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 public beta”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Proto-Germanic*natją
- Proto-West Germanic*nati
- Old Englishnett
- Middle Englishnet
- Englishnet
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
- Proto-Germanic*werką
- Proto-West Germanic*werk
- Old Englishweorc
- Middle Englishwerk
- Englishwork
- Englishnetwork
- Englishinternetwork
- EnglishInternet
- Englishi-
- Englishpad
- EnglishiPad
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃épos
- Proto-Italic*opos
- Latinopus
- Latinopera
- Latinoperātus
- Englishoperate
- Englishoperating
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*ksún
- Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
- Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
- Ancient Greekσῠνῐ́στημῐ (sŭnĭ́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekσύστημα (sústēma)
- Late Latinsystēma
- Middle Frenchsysteme
- Englishsystem
- Englishoperating system
- EnglishOS
- EnglishiPadOS
From iPad + OS.
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Cite this entry
APA
iPadOS. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iPadOS
MLA
“iPadOS.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iPadOS. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iPadOS,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iPadOS.
Source: iPadOS on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.