Where does “MacIntel” come from?

MacIntel (English) comes from English intel, from English electronics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.

MacIntel (English): A Macintosh computer with an Intel CPU

Definitions

  1. A Macintosh computer with an Intel CPU

Ancestry of “MacIntel”, step by step

MacIntel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English intel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishintelintelligence
2EnglishelectronicsThe study and use of electrical devices that...
3English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English macintosh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmacintoshA raincoat
2Scottish GaelicMac an Tòisiche
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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