Etymograph

English

McArdle

McArdle comes from Irish Mac Ardail.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Ardail
  2. EnglishtodayMcArdle

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Ardail
  2. EnglishtodayMcArdle

A compound of ard ‘high’ + gal ‘valor’

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘upright, high’

Proto-Celtic *ardwos ‘high’

Old Irish ard ‘high’

Irish ard ‘high’

Proto-Celtic *galā ‘ability’

Old Irish gal ‘ardor’

Irish gal ‘valor’

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Ardail, Mac Ardghail (literally “son of Ardal”), a personal name composed of the elements ard (‘high’) + gal (‘valor’).

Every English word from Irish Mac Ardail

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Irish Mac Ardail / McArdle

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