English
Windoze
Blend of Windows + doze, suggesting slow performance.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- ‘to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- ‘to fly, whirl’
Proto-Germanic *dusāną ‘to be dizzy’
Old Norse dúsa ‘to doze, rest, remain quiet’
Middle English *dosen
English doze
The story
First use appears c. 1986.
Today it means
name Microsoft Windows.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Windoze