English
McClurkin
McClurkin comes from Irish Mac Cléireacháin ‘son of the little priest’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac Cléireacháin‘son of the little priest’
- EnglishtodayMcClurkin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac Cléireacháin‘son of the little priest’
- EnglishtodayMcClurkin
A compound of cléireach ‘priest, cleric’ + án ‘diminutive suffix’
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- ‘to hit, cut down’
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- ‘to put’
Ancient Greek κλῆρος ‘a lot, which is alotted, clergy’
Ancient Greek κληρικός ‘concerning inheritances’
Late Latin clēricus ‘a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric’
Old Irish cléirech ‘cleric’
Irish cléireach ‘priest, cleric’
The story
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cléireacháin (‘son of the little priest’), from cléireach (‘priest, cleric’) + án (‘diminutive suffix’).
Every English word from Irish Mac Cléireacháin
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Mac Cléireacháin / McClurkin