Etymograph

English

Macquarium

Blend of Mac + aquarium, coined by computer writer and Macquarium creator Andy Ihnatko (originally as a joke regarding the approaching obsolescence of early Compact Macintosh models).

A compound of Mac + aquarium

English Macintosh

English Mac

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ ‘water’

Proto-Italic *akʷā

Latin aqua ‘water’

Latin aquārium

English aquarium

The story

Blend of Mac + aquarium, coined by computer writer and Macquarium creator Andy Ihnatko (originally as a joke regarding the approaching obsolescence of early Compact Macintosh models).

Today it means

noun An aquarium (fish tank) constructed using the case of a defunct Macintosh personal computer.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Macquarium