Etymograph

English

Cormac

Cormac comes from Old Irish Cormac, from macc ‘son’, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*makʷos‘son’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celtic, derivedc. 1300–800 BCE*makkʷosroot as named · steps between not tracedvariant of *makʷos
  3. Primitive Irishmodernᚋᚐᚊᚔ
  4. Old Irishc. 600–900macc‘son’
  5. Old Irish, derivedc. 600–900Cormac
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2018same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*makʷos‘son’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celtic, derivedc. 1300–800 BCE*makkʷosroot as named · steps between not tracedvariant of *makʷos
  3. Primitive Irishmodernᚋᚐᚊᚔ
  4. Old Irishc. 600–900macc‘son’
  5. Old Irish, derivedc. 600–900Cormac
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2018same form

Earliest quotation: 2018, Keza MacDonald, Red Dead Redemption 2: three hours with the most anticipated: “It gave me more of a Cormac McCarthy vibe…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to raise, increase’

macro, meager, meagre, machete, 14 more

Today it means

name A male given name from Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *makʷos / Cormac

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