Etymology

Maxey

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085). Full definition →

Old English eġ ← Old Irish Maccus
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  1. Old Irish · derived fromMaccus
  2. Old English · derived fromeġ“island; low-lying land”
  3. English todayMaxey

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”). Ekwall (1960) refers the first element to Old Irish Maccus, a Norse-Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Magnus.

Words from the same roots

Old Englisheġ all →

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