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Where does “Cormac” come from?

Cormac derives from Old Irish Corbmac, a compound of Old Irish corb, whose original meaning remains uncertain.

Ancestry of “Cormac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishCormac—
2Old Irishmacbond, surety
3Proto-Celticmakkos—
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