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MacAdam
MacAdam comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimh ‘Adam's son’.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Àdhaimh‘Adam's son’
- EnglishtodayMacAdam
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Àdhaimh‘Adam's son’
- EnglishtodayMacAdam
A compound of mac ‘son’ + Àdhamh
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to raise, increase’
Proto-Celtic *makʷos ‘son’
Proto-Celtic *makkʷos
Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚔ
Old Irish macc ‘son’
Middle Irish mac ‘son’
Scottish Gaelic mac ‘son’
Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ
Latin Ādām
Old Irish Ádam
Scottish Gaelic Àdhamh
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimh
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimh / MacAdam