Etymograph

English

McWaters

McWaters comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Bhàtair.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Bhàtair
  2. EnglishtodayMcWaters

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Bhàtair
  2. EnglishtodayMcWaters

The story

Anglicized form, with English genitive -s, of Scottish Gaelic Mac Bhàtair, a patronymic from a Gaelicized form of the personal name Walter.

Today it means

name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Bhàtair / McWaters