Etymograph

English

Macleod

Macleod comes from Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ ‘the big one’.

  1. Creemodernᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠmahkiyok‘the big one’
  2. EnglishtodayMacleod

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Creemodernᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠmahkiyok‘the big one’
  2. EnglishtodayMacleod

The story

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries.

Every English word from Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ

Today it means

name A surname from Irish, A surname from Scottish Gaelic, A surname from Cree

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

Etymograph / Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ / Macleod

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