Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗One of a line of all-in-one Macintosh computers made by Apple Inc.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network English internetwork English Internet English i- Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Scottish Gaelic mac Scottish Gaelic an Proto-Celtic *to- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus Proto-Celtic *wissus Proto-Celtic *towissus Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos Proto-Celtic *-ākos Proto-Celtic *towissākos Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci) Old Irish toísech Scottish Gaelic tòisiche Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche English McIntosh English Macintosh English Mac English iMac First use appears in 1998, from i- (“internet”) + Mac (“Macintosh”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "ety",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "i-",
"4": "Mac",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁én\nProto-Indo-European *-tér\nProto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér\nProto-Italic *n̥ter\nLatin inter\nLatin inter-bor.\nEnglish inter-\nProto-Germanic *natją\nProto-West Germanic *nati\nOld English nett\nMiddle English net\nEnglish net\nProto-Indo-European *werǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-om\nProto-Indo-European *wérǵom\nProto-Germanic *werką\nProto-West Germanic *werk\nOld English weorc\nMiddle English werk\nEnglish work\nEnglish network\nEnglish internetwork\nEnglish Internet\nEnglish i-\nProto-Celtic *makkʷos\nPrimitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi)\nOld Irish macc\nMiddle Irish mac\nScottish Gaelic mac\nScottish Gaelic an\nProto-Celtic *to-\nProto-Indo-European *weyd-der.\nProto-Indo-European *wéydtus\nProto-Celtic *wissus\nProto-Celtic *towissus\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-kos\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos\nProto-Celtic *-ākos\nProto-Celtic *towissākos\nPrimitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci)\nOld Irish toísech\nScottish Gaelic tòisiche\nScottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche\nEnglish McIntosh\nEnglish Macintosh\nEnglish Mac\nEnglish iMac\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*h₁n̥tér\", \"id\" : \"between\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"in\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁én\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tér\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₁entér\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*n̥ter\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"inter\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"inter-\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"inter-\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"id\" : \"fabric\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"mesh\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"mesh\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"net\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"net\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"net\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*natją\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*nati\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"nett\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"net\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"net\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"id\" : \"employment\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"work\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"work\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"work\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"work\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"work\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"to make\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*werǵ-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"nominalizing suffix\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"redlink\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-om\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*wérǵom\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*werką\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*werk\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"weorc\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"werk\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"work\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"network\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"internetwork\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"Internet\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"i-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"son\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*makkʷos\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Primitive Irish\", \"term\" : \"ᚋᚐᚊᚔ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"pgl\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old Irish\", \"term\" : \"macc\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"sga\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle Irish\", \"term\" : \"mac\", \"lang\" : \"mga\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"term\" : \"mac\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gd\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"term\" : \"an\", \"status\" : \"ambiguous\", \"lang\" : \"gd\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*to-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*weyd-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*wéydtus\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*wissus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*towissus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-eh₂-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-kos\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-eh₂kos\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*-ākos\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Celtic\", \"term\" : \"*towissākos\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"cel-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Primitive Irish\", \"term\" : \"ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"pgl\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old Irish\", \"term\" : \"toísech\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"sga\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"term\" : \"tòisiche\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gd\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"term\" : \"Mac an Tòisiche\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gd\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"uder\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"McIntosh\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"Macintosh\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"Mac\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"iMac\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"iMac\">"
},
{
"name": "af",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "i-",
"3": "Mac",
"id1": "Internet",
"gloss1": "internet",
"gloss2": "Macintosh"
},
"expansion": "i- (“internet”) + Mac (“Macintosh”)"
},
{
"name": "ety",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "i-",
"4": "Mac",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁én\nProto-Indo-European *-tér\nProto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér\nProto-Italic *n̥ter\nLatin inter\nLatin inter-bor.\nEnglish inter-\nProto-Germanic *natją\nProto-West Germanic *nati\nOld English nett\nMiddle English net\nEnglish net\nProto-Indo-European *werǵ-\nProto-Indo-European *-om\nProto-Indo-European *wérǵom\nProto-Germanic *werką\nProto-West Germanic *werk\nOld English weorc\nMiddle English werk\nEnglish work\nEnglish network\nEnglish internetwork\nEnglish Internet\nEnglish i-\nProto-Celtic *makkʷos\nPrimitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi)\nOld Irish macc\nMiddle Irish mac\nScottish Gaelic mac\nScottish Gaelic an\nProto-Celtic *to-\nProto-Indo-European *weyd-der.\nProto-Indo-European *wéydtus\nProto-Celtic *wissus\nProto-Celtic *towissus\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-kos\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos\nProto-Celtic *-ākos\nProto-Celtic *towissākos\nPrimitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci)\nOld Irish toísech\nScottish Gaelic tòisiche\nScottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche\nEnglish McIntosh\nEnglish Macintosh\nEnglish Mac\nEnglish iMac"
}
],
"links": [
[
"*h₁én",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁én#Proto-Indo-European:_in"
],
[
"*-tér",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tér"
],
[
"*h₁n̥tér",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁entér#Proto-Indo-European:_between"
],
[
"*n̥ter",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/n̥ter#Proto-Italic:_between"
],
[
"inter",
"inter#Latin:_between"
],
[
"inter-",
"inter-#Latin:_between"
],
[
"inter-",
"inter-#English:_between"
],
[
"*natją",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/natją#Proto-Germanic:_net"
],
[
"*nati",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nati#Proto-West_Germanic:_net"
],
[
"nett",
"nett#Old_English:_net"
],
[
"net",
"net#Middle_English:_mesh"
],
[
"net",
"net#English:_mesh"
],
[
"*werǵ-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/werǵ-#Proto-Indo-European:_to_make"
],
[
"*-om",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-om#Proto-Indo-European:_nominalizing_suffix"
],
[
"*wérǵom",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wérǵom#Proto-Indo-European:_work"
],
[
"*werką",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werką#Proto-Germanic:_work"
],
[
"*werk",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werk#Proto-West_Germanic:_work"
],
[
"weorc",
"weorc#Old_English:_work"
],
[
"werk",
"werk#Middle_English:_work"
],
[
"work",
"work#English:_employment"
],
[
"network",
"network#English:_fabric"
],
[
"internetwork",
"internetwork#English:_network_of_networks"
],
[
"Internet",
"Internet#English:_network"
],
[
"i-",
"i-#English"
],
[
"*makkʷos",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/makkʷos"
],
[
"ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ",
"ᚋᚐᚊᚔ#Primitive_Irish"
],
[
"macc",
"macc#Old_Irish"
],
[
"mac",
"mac#Middle_Irish:_son"
],
[
"mac",
"mac#Scottish_Gaelic"
],
[
"an",
"an#Scottish_Gaelic"
],
[
"*to-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/to-"
],
[
"*weyd-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyd-"
],
[
"*wéydtus",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéydtus"
],
[
"*wissus",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wissus"
],
[
"*towissus",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/towissus"
],
[
"*-eh₂-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂-"
],
[
"*-kos",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-kos"
],
[
"*-eh₂kos",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂kos"
],
[
"*-ākos",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-ākos#Proto-Celtic:_noun"
],
[
"*towissākos",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/towissākos"
],
[
"ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ",
"ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ#Primitive_Irish"
],
[
"toísech",
"toísech#Old_Irish"
],
[
"tòisiche",
"tòisiche#Scottish_Gaelic"
],
[
"Mac an Tòisiche",
"Mac an Tòisiche#Scottish_Gaelic"
],
[
"McIntosh",
"McIntosh#English"
],
[
"Macintosh",
"Macintosh#English"
],
[
"Mac",
"Mac#English"
],
[
"i-",
"i-#English:_Internet"
],
[
"Mac",
"Mac#English"
],
[
"Macintosh",
"Macintosh#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"One of a line of all-in-one Macintosh computers made by Apple Inc."
],
"tags": [],
"recordId": "27ff624678201b434c4fd534fa25c4f9d0744a8975a790ca1726611fb189e81e",
"rawRecordSha256": "189dc28591fff40d3b7017c0233fe3ebba9862f7a3e164c9dd1e005c555f1e82",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 367664
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}