Etymology

Gourock

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Today it means: A town on the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde council area, Scotland; historically it was a burgh in Renfrewshire (OS grid ref NS2477). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Guireag ← Middle Irish guirín ← Old Irish guirid
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The story

  1. Old Irish · derived fromguirid“to warm, heat”
  2. Middle Irish · derived fromguirín“pustule”
  3. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromGuireag“pimple”
  4. English todayGourock

From Scottish Gaelic Guireag (“pimple”), from Middle Irish guirín (“pustule”), from or related to Old Irish guirid (“to warm, heat”).

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