Etymology

Adamnan

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Today it means: An Irish saint (c. 624–704), patron saint of the Diocese of Raphoe, the biographer of St. Columba and an acquaintance of the Venerable Bede. Full definition →

Old Irish Adomnán
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The story

  1. Old IrishAdam
  2. Old IrishAdomnán
  3. English todayAdamnan

Borrowed from Old Irish Adomnán (“little Adam”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.