English
McKnockiter
McKnockiter comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac an Fhùcadair ‘son of the fuller’, and goes back to fùcadair.
- Scottish Gaelicmodernfùcadair‘fuller’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMac an Fhùcadair‘son of the fuller’
- EnglishtodayMcKnockiter
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish Gaelicmodernfùcadair‘fuller’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMac an Fhùcadair‘son of the fuller’
- EnglishtodayMcKnockiter
The story
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Fhùcadair (‘son of the fuller’), from fùcadair (‘fuller; napper of cloth’).
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic fùcadair
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic fùcadair / McKnockiter