macOS

See also: macos, Macos, maços, maĉos, and MACOS

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Etymology

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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
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos
Proto-Italic *opos
Latin opus
Latin opera
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin operātusder.
English operate
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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-gō
Proto-Germanic *-ōngō?
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English operating
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?
Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?
Proto-Hellenic *ksún
Ancient Greek σύν (sún)
Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-redup.
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi)
Ancient Greek σῠνῐ́στημῐ (sŭnĭ́stēmĭ)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *-mə
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma)bor.
Late Latin systēma
Middle French systemebor.
English system
English operating system
English OS
English macOS

    From Mac (“Macintosh”) + OS (“operating system”).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    macOS

    1. (operating systems, trademark) A major operating system, formerly known as OS X (and before that as Mac OS X), used on laptop and desktop computers by Apple Inc.

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