Etymograph

English

McTaggart

McTaggart comes from Irish Mac an tSagairt ‘son of the priest’, and goes back to Latin sacerdōs.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacerdōs‘priest, priestess, cleric’
  2. Old Irishc. 600–900sacart‘priest’
  3. Irishc. 1200–presentsagart‘priest’
  4. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMac an tSagairt‘son of the priest’
  5. EnglishtodayMcTaggart

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsacerdōs‘priest, priestess, cleric’
  2. Old Irishc. 600–900sacart‘priest’
  3. Irishc. 1200–presentsagart‘priest’
  4. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMac an tSagairt‘son of the priest’
  5. EnglishtodayMcTaggart

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an tSagairt (‘son of the priest’), from sagart (‘priest’).

Every English word from Latin sacerdōs

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Latin sacerdōs / McTaggart

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