Kenrick

The story

1. Irish · borrowed fromMac Ionnrachtaigh
2. Middle Welsh · borrowed fromCynwrig“greatest champion”
3. Old English · inherited fromCyneric
4. Middle English · inherited fromCenric
5. English todayKenrick

From Middle English Cenric, Kendrich, of several origins: * From Old English Cyneric, from cyne- (“royal”) + ric (“power”), * Borrowed from Middle Welsh Cynwrig (“greatest champion”), from cynt (“before, first”) + gwr (“man”) + -ig * Borrowed from Irish Mac Ionnrachtaigh via Enright, in which case also a doublet of Hanratty

Words from the same roots