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No, it means you put it on top of your lap?
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More like a composite word: lap + top.
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Yes it's from the latin Laptipidus- Topucti It's a composite word
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It's actually an acronym for the original project whose goal it was to design it: LAPTOP Lightweight Analytical Platform Total Optimized Power If you believe that, I have some "high quality" mortgage bonds you might be interested in buying.
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Without all the scientific opinions it is a small computer you usually have on you lap.
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Not that I know of
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It's a portmanteau.
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Not unless "lap" and "top" are also abbreviations. You use it on top of your laptop. Hence, "laptop." A hilltop is the top of a hill, a desktop is used on top of a desk, a river bottom is the bottom a river, and a bell bottom is a pair of pants from the 70s.
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