English
McMaster
McMaster comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Maighstir.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Maighstir
- Englishearliest quotation 2025McMaster
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Maighstir
- Englishearliest quotation 2025McMaster
Earliest quotation: 2025, Cindy Von Quednow: “At this point in the investigation there is no…”
The story
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maighstir or Mac Á Mhaighstir (‘son of the master’), from maighstir (‘master’).
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Maighstir
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Maighstir / McMaster