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Where does “Cormac” come from?

Cormac (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish mac, from Proto-Celtic makkos.

Ancestry of “Cormac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmacbond, surety
2Proto-Celticmakkos—

Words derived from “Cormac”

  • Cormac
  • Cormack
  • Cormag
  • Cormac
  • Kormákur
  • Kormákr
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