English
Logan
Logan comes from Scottish Gaelic lag ‘little hollow’.
- Scottish Gaelicmodernlag‘little hollow’
- Englishearliest quotation 1782Logan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Scottish Gaelicmodernlag‘little hollow’
- Englishearliest quotation 1782Logan
Earliest quotation: 1782, Thomas Jefferson: Notes on the State of : “Col. Cresop, the last spring, in cold blood, and…”
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic lag
Today it means
name A village east of Cumnock, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland, from lagan (“dell”) (OS grid ref NS5920).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic lag / Logan