Etymograph

English

Markey

Markey comes from Irish Ó Marcaigh ‘descendant of Marcach’, from marcach ‘rider, horseman, cavalryman’, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic *markos.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*markos‘horse’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celtic, derivedc. 1300–800 BCE*markākos‘horseman’reconstructed
  3. Old Irishc. 600–900marcach‘rider, horseman’
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentsame form‘rider, horseman, cavalryman’
  5. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Marcaigh‘descendant of Marcach’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2022Markey

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*markos‘horse’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celtic, derivedc. 1300–800 BCE*markākos‘horseman’reconstructed
  3. Old Irishc. 600–900marcach‘rider, horseman’
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentsame form‘rider, horseman, cavalryman’
  5. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Marcaigh‘descendant of Marcach’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2022Markey

Earliest quotation: 2022, Sanders: “U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)…”

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Marcaigh (‘descendant of Marcach’), a byname from marcach (‘rider, horseman, cavalryman’).

Every English word from Proto-Celtic *markos

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *markos / Markey

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