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From your link I learned that tarmac is short for tarmacadam, named after John Macadam, who is also the name-origin for macadamia nuts. https://en.m.wikipedia.
by senkora 4y ago
From your link I learned that tarmac is short for tarmacadam, named after John Macadam, who is also the name-origin for macadamia nuts.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Macadam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Macadam
- the_jeremy 4y agoThat is incorrect. John McAdam[0] has the name for tarmac, while John Macadam[1] has the name for macadamia nuts. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Loudon_McAdam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Loudon_McAdam 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Macadam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Macadam
- senkora 4y agoThanks for the correction! I can no longer edit my comment but you are right.
- touisteur 4y agoAnd there's a name that became a French word there: macadam https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam_(route) https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam_(route). Thank you both parent and GP for the history/etymology lesson.