English
Milmo
Milmo comes from Irish Maol na mBó ‘devotee of the cattle’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentMaol na mBó‘devotee of the cattle’
- EnglishtodayMilmo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentMaol na mBó‘devotee of the cattle’
- EnglishtodayMilmo
A compound of maol ‘devotee’ + bó ‘cow’
Proto-Celtic *mailos ‘bald’
Old Irish máel ‘bald, hornless, blunt’
Irish maol ‘devotee’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws ‘cattle’
Proto-Celtic *bāus ‘cow’
Old Irish bó ‘ox, cow’
Irish bó ‘cow’
The story
Anglicized form of Irish Maol na mBó (‘devotee of the cattle’), from maol (‘devotee’) and bó (‘cow’).
Every English word from Irish Maol na mBó
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Maol na mBó / Milmo