Etymology

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Irish Mac Asmuint ← Old Norse Asmundr
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromAsmundr
  2. Irish · derived fromMac Asmuint“son of Asmund”
  3. English todayCasement

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Asmuint (“son of Asmund”), a personal name derived from Old Norse Asmundr, which is composed by the elements áss (“god”) + mundr (“protection”).

Words from the same roots

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