English
Mackenzie
Mackenzie comes from Scottish Gaelic mac ‘son, descendant’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *makkʷos.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*makkʷosroot as named · steps between not traced
- Primitive Irishmodernᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ
- Old Irishc. 600–900macc
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200mac‘son’
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsame form‘son, descendant’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMacCoinnich
- Scotsc. 1450–presentMacKenȝie
- EnglishtodayMackenzie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*makkʷosroot as named · steps between not traced
- Primitive Irishmodernᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ
- Old Irishc. 600–900macc
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200mac‘son’
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsame form‘son, descendant’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMacCoinnich
- Scotsc. 1450–presentMacKenȝie
- EnglishtodayMackenzie
The story
Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩.
Every English word from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *makkʷos / Mackenzie