*SET-U

English word origin

Etymology of Maxey

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”). Ekwall (1960) refers the first element to Old Irish Maccus, a Norse-Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Magnus.

1 source sectionExtended source reportWiktionary original ↗
In this entry · 1 source sections

The source etymologies

Wiktionary via Kaikki / Wiktextract

The source reports below are imported and unreviewed by *SET-U. Separate numbered origins and differing source variants are preserved; agreement within this extraction is not independent corroboration.

Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
name

A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085). · A habitational surname from Old English.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”). Ekwall (1960) refers the first element to Old Irish Maccus, a Norse-Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Magnus.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Derivation mentioneġang
  • Derivation mentionMaccussga
Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

{
  "templates": [
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "eġ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "island; low-lying land"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "Maccus"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish Maccus"
    },
    {
      "name": "der",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "Mack",
      "Mack#English"
    ],
    [
      "eġ",
      "eg#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "Maccus",
      "Maccus#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "Magnus",
      "Magnus#Old_Norse"
    ]
  ],
  "references": [],
  "descendants": [],
  "lexical": [
    {
      "pos": "name",
      "glosses": [
        "A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085).",
        "A habitational surname from Old English."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "recordId": "f88b3061b4a7ffe86c062a51f6c60ac8284fb14fc89f8bac7b5d039f22be61cf",
      "rawRecordSha256": "f166db91b16b93c9d291fdda8e1d74bbca4153ed3f434c0d00343f360a3882cc",
      "sourceRecordOrdinal": 6543343
    }
  ],
  "omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
    "templates": 0,
    "links": 0,
    "references": 0,
    "descendants": 0,
    "lexicalRecords": 0,
    "lexicalSenses": 0,
    "glosses": 0
  }
}

Where this record stops

This page does not supply an independently verified sound-change sequence, first-use manuscript or complete family tree unless a cited analysis explicitly establishes one. Missing detail here is a limit of this record—not a claim that humanity knows nothing more.

An older meaning does not determine what a word must mean today. Follow the sources, preserve disagreements, and keep ancestry separate from interpretation.

Contribute located evidence for Maxey →

Source and snapshot

Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

Source entry and bibliography ↗Wiktionary revision history ↗Acquisition and rights ledger
Machine-source provenance
Source SHA-256
5ff2c072f8099f2d2ce484bd6957bf179f046d2ad37bc36555edf8bb84cb5291
Import run
73216b9a9b78ed3830994bf853103716f5a4dc57099e371e9f8fdc468facca26
Permanent entry ID
w-TWF4ZXk