English
McAllister
McAllister comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair ‘son of Alexander’.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Alasdair‘son of Alexander’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018McAllister
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Alasdair‘son of Alexander’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018McAllister
Earliest quotation: 2018, Dakin Andone: “At a community event Tuesday night, Union City Police…”
The story
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (‘son of Alexander’).
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair
Today it means
name A patrilineal surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair / McAllister