Where does “MacDougall” come from?
MacDougall is an English surname derived from Scottish Gaelic Mac, a patronymic prefix meaning "son of," combined with a personal name.
Ancestry of “MacDougall”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | mac | son; Commonly used as a prefix of Irish and... |
| 2 | Middle Irish | mac | — |
| 3 | Old Irish | macc | son; child |
| 4 | Primitive Irish | ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ | Alternative form of ᚋᚐᚊᚔ |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | makkʷos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ḱ- | to raise, increase; long |