Words that come from Old Occitan “gai”
219 words across 40 languages descend from Old Occitan gai — including joy, gay, joyous, joyful, gaily, gaiety, joyfully, joyously.
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English (95)
- joy
- gay
- joyous
- joyful
- gaily
- gaiety
- joyfully
- joyously
- gayly
- jay
- joyless
- joyousness
- joystick
- joyfulness
- gey
- joyance
- joyride
- killjoy
- joylessness
- jaybird
- joylessly
- nongay
- jaywalker
- unjoyous
- jaywalk
- overjoy
- gayfeather
- joyrider
- joysome
- joypad
- unjoyful
- gayboy
- gayspeak
- gaysome
- joyant
- gayish
- gaydom
- gayism
- ungay
- joyfuller
- postgay
- gaywings
- begay
- joysticklike
- overjoyous
- unjoyously
- joyness
- unjoy
- jaylike
- gayful
- joyish
- anti-gay
- joygasm
- gaywad
- ex-gay
- joypop
- joypopper
- Gaybraham
- gaybeseen
- minijoystick
- gayface
- gaybait
- gayphobia
- gayhood
- gayfag
- pro-gay
- gaysploitation
- unjoyfulness
- joylike
- de-gay
- re-gay
- joydom
- joyhood
- transgay
- gaytard
- gaytastic
- gayphobic
- gaylicious
- homogay
- outgay
- killjoyism
- gayless
- gaysomeness
- gayfully
- gayfulness
- gay-hate
- gayification
- gayify
- gayphobe
- unjoyfully
- joysomeness
- gay cancer
- gay-related immunodeficiency
- gay-related immune deficiency
- antigay