Etymograph

English

McCoskrie

McCoskrie comes from Irish Mac Coscraigh ‘son of Coscrach’, from coscrach ‘victorious, triumphant’, and ultimately from Middle Irish coscarach.

  1. Middle Irishc. 900–1200coscarach
  2. Irishc. 1200–presentcoscrach‘victorious, triumphant’
  3. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMac Coscraigh‘son of Coscrach’
  4. EnglishtodayMcCoskrie

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Irishc. 900–1200coscarach
  2. Irishc. 1200–presentcoscrach‘victorious, triumphant’
  3. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMac Coscraigh‘son of Coscrach’
  4. EnglishtodayMcCoskrie

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Coscraigh (‘son of Coscrach’), a byname from coscrach (‘victorious, triumphant’).

Every English word from Middle Irish coscarach

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Middle Irish coscarach / McCoskrie

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