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Mac- (mak, mək, mə)

son of: used in Scottish and Irish family names [MacDonald]: this form and its variants Mc-, M-, M'- are often grouped together when names are alphabetized

Etymology: < Ir & Gael mac, son < OCelt *makkos, akin to *makwos, son > OWelsh map, Welsh mab, ap, son: see maiden

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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