Etymograph

English

McMansion

From Mc- + mansion.

Formed from Mc- + mansion

Irish or Scottish Gaelic mac ‘son’

English Mc-

Latin manēre ‘stay’

Latin mānsiō ‘dwelling, stopping-place’

Anglo-Norman mansion

Middle English mansioun ‘a house, hostel, palace, etc’

English mansion

The story

First use appears c. 1985.

Today it means

noun A large, imposing and ostentatious house that lacks architectural integrity.

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

Etymograph / McMansion