Etymograph

English

McGroarty

McGroarty comes from Irish Mac Rabhartaigh ‘son of Rabhartach’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Rabhartaigh‘son of Rabhartach’
  2. EnglishtodayMcGroarty

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Rabhartaigh‘son of Rabhartach’
  2. EnglishtodayMcGroarty

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Rabhartaigh (‘son of Rabhartach’), a byname from rabhartach (‘having high tides, surging, swelling; vehement, impetuous’).

Every English word from Irish Mac Rabhartaigh

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Irish Mac Rabhartaigh / McGroarty

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