English
McMackin
McMackin comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Maicín ‘son of the young man’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *makkʷos.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*makkʷosroot as named · steps between not traced
- Primitive Irishmodernᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ
- Old Irishc. 600–900macc
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200mac‘son’
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsame form‘son’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMac Maicín‘son of the young man’diminutive of mac
- EnglishtodayMcMackin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*makkʷosroot as named · steps between not traced
- Primitive Irishmodernᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ
- Old Irishc. 600–900macc
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200mac‘son’
- Scottish Gaelicmodernsame form‘son’
- Scottish Gaelic, derivedmodernMac Maicín‘son of the young man’diminutive of mac
- EnglishtodayMcMackin
The story
Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Maicín (‘son of the young man’), from a diminutive of mac (‘son’).
Every English word from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *makkʷos / McMackin