Etymograph

English

iOS

From i- + OS.

Formed from i- + OS

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ ‘bone’

Latin os ‘bone’

English OS

The story

Many Apple products have an i- prefix in their names.

Today it means

name A mobile operating system (OS) created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware.

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

Etymograph / iOS