English
Macbeth
Macbeth comes from Middle Irish Mac Bethad.
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200Mac Bethad
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Macbeth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200Mac Bethad
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Macbeth
Earliest quotation: 2019, Kate Allen, ‘I am Janet.’ One transgender woman’s journey and her pionee: “On a Tuesday in April 2017, Janet Macbeth composed…”
Every English word from Middle Irish Mac Bethad
Today it means
name A William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Irish Mac Bethad / Macbeth