McIntosh的词源

英文词源

McIntosh

kind of red apples, 1874, from John McIntosh (b.1777), Ontario farmer who found them in 1796 while clearing woodland on his farm and began to cultivate them. The surname is Gaelic Mac an toisich "son of the chieftain."

中文词源

McIntosh：苹果

一种红苹果品种，由美国19世纪安大略农民John McIntosh所培育。后苹果公司创始人乔布斯借用该词来命名其公司。该姓氏来自苏格兰盖尔语Mac an toisich,酋长的儿子。其全拼为Macintosh,也用来指一种防水雨衣。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：McIntosh 词源，McIntosh 含义。