Etymograph

English

iPad

From i- + pad.

A compound of i- + pad

West Flemish pad ‘sole of the foot’

English pad

The story

Apple trademark, from their "i-" series of products; especially their iOS products, the iPod and iPhone.

Today it means

noun A lightweight low-power tablet computer of a particular range from Apple Inc.

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

Etymograph / iPad