Etymograph

English

Mecum

Mecum may come from Irish Mac Thom ‘son of Tom’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Thom‘son of Tom’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayMecum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentMac Thom‘son of Tom’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayMecum

The story

Unexplained. Perhaps an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thom (‘son of Tom’).

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Irish Mac Thom / Mecum