Etymograph

English

McClure

McClure comes from Scottish Gaelic odhar ‘dun’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *udros.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*udrosreconstructed
  2. Old Irishc. 600–900odur‘dun, greyish-brown’
  3. Middle Irishc. 900–1200odor
  4. Scottish Gaelicmodernodhar‘dun’
  5. Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMac Gille Uidhir
  6. EnglishtodayMcClure

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*udrosreconstructed
  2. Old Irishc. 600–900odur‘dun, greyish-brown’
  3. Middle Irishc. 900–1200odor
  4. Scottish Gaelicmodernodhar‘dun’
  5. Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMac Gille Uidhir
  6. EnglishtodayMcClure

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir and Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir (‘son of the dun lad’), from Mac + gille + uidhir, obsolete form of odhar (‘dun; dark’).

Every English word from Proto-Celtic *udros

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *udros / McClure

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