Etymology

MacDowell

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromMac Dubhghaill
  2. English todayMacDowell

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (literally “son of Dougal”).

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicMac Dubhghaill all →

McDougall

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.