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Etymology tree Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos)bor. Latin Linusbor. English Linus Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplexed Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English computing Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin servitiumbor. Old French servisebor. Old English serfis Middle English servise English service English Multiplexed Information and Computing Service English Multics ▲ English eunuchinflu. English Unix blend English Linux Blend of Linus + Unix, from the name of its creator Linus Torvalds.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لِينُكْس (līnuks) — operating system
• Arabic: لينوكس (līnūks) — operating system
• Arabic: لِينِكْس (līniks) — operating system
• Armenian: Լինուքս (Linukʻs) — operating system
• Belarusian: Лі́нукс (Línuks) — operating system
• Bulgarian: Ли́нукс (Línuks) — operating system
• Burmese: လင်းနပ်စ် (lang:napc) — operating system
• Chinese Mandarin: 利納克斯 /利纳克斯 (Lìnàkèsī) — operating system
• Esperanto: Linukso — operating system
• Esperanto: Linux — operating system
• Finnish: Linux — operating system
• French: Linux — operating system
• Georgian: ლინუქსი (linuksi) — operating system
• German: Linux — operating system
• Greek: Λίνουξ (Línoux) — operating system
• Greek: Linux — operating system
• Hebrew: לינוקס (linuks) — operating system
• Hindi: लिनुक्स (linuks) — operating system
• Hindi: लिनक्स (linaks) — operating system
• Indonesian: Linux — operating system
• Italian: Linux — operating system
• Japanese: リナックス (Rinakkusu) — operating system
• Japanese: リヌックス (Rinukkusu) — operating system
• Khmer: លីនុច (liinuc) — operating system
• Korean: 리눅스 (Rinukseu) — operating system
• Lao: ລິນຸກຊ໌ (li nuk sa) — operating system
• Macedonian: Линукс (Linuks) — operating system
• Malay: Linux — operating system
• Mongolian: Линукс (Linuks) — operating system
• Persian: لینوکس (linuks) — operating system
• Polish: Linux — operating system
• Portuguese: Linux — operating system
• Romanian: Linux — operating system
• Russian: Ли́нукс (Línuks) — operating system
• Sardinian: Linux — operating system
• Serbo-Croatian: Линукс — operating system
• Serbo-Croatian: Linuks — operating system
• Serbo-Croatian: Linux — operating system
• Swedish: Linux — operating system
• Thai: ลินุกซ์ (lí-núk) — operating system
• Turkish: Linux — operating system
• Turkish: Linuks — operating system
• Ottoman Turkish: لینوكس (Linuks) — operating system
• Ukrainian: Лі́нукс (Línuks) — operating system
• Urdu: لینکس (linaks) — operating system