Formerly often abbreviated to M' and followed by a capital letter, or spelled out Mac and then rarely used with a capital. "sudden, unforeseen occurrence," 1779, from French coup de foudre, literally "stroke of lightning," also "love at first sight" (see coup).
"sea-slug eaten as a delicacy in the Western Pacific," 1814, from French bêche-de-mer, literally "spade of the sea," a folk-etymology alteration of Portuguese bicho do mar "sea-slug," literally "worm of the sea. Casual, generic term of address for a man, 1928, from Irish and Gaelic mac, a common element in Scottish and Irish names (literally "son of. That which protects from," from Italian para, imperative of parare "to ward off," from Latin parare "make ready" (from PIE root pere- (1) "to produce, procure"). Latin adverb and preposition of separation in space, meaning "down from, off, away from," and figuratively "concerning, by reason of, according to.
Es hija de padres santanderinos, Cosme Gutiérrez y Prudencia Váó sus primeros estudios en la Escuela Nacional ó a la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) para cursar una maestría cum laude y un doctorado en Geografía en 1959 y 1965 respectivamente.