Linux

name

Etymology: 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- Late Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Late Latin fōrma Late Latin fōrmō Late Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Late Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English computing Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-yós 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.

1. The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.
2. Any operating system that uses this kernel.

noun

1. Any unix-like operating system that uses the Linux kernel.