Etymograph

English

Maclaurin

Maclaurin comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Labhrainn.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Labhrainnliterally ‘son of Lawrence’
  2. EnglishtodayMaclaurin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Labhrainnliterally ‘son of Lawrence’
  2. EnglishtodayMaclaurin

Formed from Mac- + Laurin

Irish or Scottish Gaelic mac ‘son’

English Mac-

Today it means

name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Labhrainn / Maclaurin