Etymograph

English

McLaughlin

McLaughlin comes from Irish Mac Lochlainn ‘son of Lochlan’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Lochlainn‘son of Lochlan’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025McLaughlin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Lochlainn‘son of Lochlan’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025McLaughlin

Earliest quotation: 2025, Ted Hesson, ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other : “In a rare Trump-era rebuke of ICE, U.S. Department…”

Equivalent to Mc- + Laughlin

Irish or Scottish Gaelic mac ‘son’

English Mc-

The story

Anglicized from Irish Mac Lochlainn (‘son of Lochlan’).

Every English word from Irish Mac Lochlainn

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Irish Mac Lochlainn / McLaughlin

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