Etymology

mak

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Today it means: A surname from Chinese. Full definition →

Polish Mak ← Ukrainian Макар ← Hungarian Makár
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  1. Hungarian · borrowed fromMakár
  2. Ukrainian · borrowed fromМакар
  3. Polish · borrowed fromMakary
  4. Polish · borrowed fromMak
  5. English todayMak

* As a Chinese surname, borrowed from Cantonese 麥／麦 (mak6). * As a Polish surname, borrowed from Polish Mak, or shortened from Polish Makary. * As a Ukrainian surname, shortened from Ukrainian Макар (Makar). * As a Hungarian surname, shortened from Hungarian Makár.

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