Etymology

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Today it means: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Medieval Latin Moravia ← Scottish Gaelic Moireibh ← Proto-Celtic *mori
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*mori“sea”
  2. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMoireibh
  3. Medieval Latin · derived fromMoravia
  4. English todayMurray

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Medieval LatinMoravia all →

morayMoravia

Scottish GaelicMoireibh all →

moray

Proto-Celtic*mori all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.