Etymograph

English

Mulvaney

Mulvaney comes from Irish Ó Maoilmheana ‘descendant of the chieftain of the Main river’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Maoilmheana‘descendant of the chieftain of the Main river’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017Mulvaney

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Maoilmheana‘descendant of the chieftain of the Main river’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017Mulvaney

Earliest quotation: 2017, Jeanne Sahadi, How Trump's budget cuts could hurt low-income Americans: “When asked about one 21st CCLC program in rural…”

The story

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmheana (‘descendant of the chieftain of the Main river’).

Every English word from Irish Ó Maoilmheana

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Irish Ó Maoilmheana / Mulvaney

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