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Mac-

Today it means: A patronymic used to form common Irish and Scottish names, similar to the English -son. Full definition →

Irish and Scottish Gaelic mac

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Irish and Scottish Gaelic · derived frommac“son”
English todayMac-

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic mac (“son”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.