Where does “QAnonsense” come from?
QAnonsense (English) comes from English nonsense, from English sense, from Middle English sense, from Old French sens, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo — to cover, conceal; hornless.
QAnonsense (English): Conspiracy theories or other statements by followers of QAnon that are asserted to be nonsense
Definitions
- Conspiracy theories or other statements by followers of QAnon that are asserted to be nonsense
Ancestry of “QAnonsense”, step by step
QAnonsense traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nonsense
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nonsense | Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have... |
| 2 | English | sense | Any of the manners by which living beings... |
| 3 | Middle English | sense | meaning, signification; interpretation |
| 4 | Old French | sens | reason; ability to reason or think |
| 5 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 6 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 7 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 8 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via English QAnon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | QAnon | An anonymous poster on the Internet message boards 4chan, 8chan and 8kun, claiming to possess Q clearance, who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory claiming that Donald Trump is working against a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles comprised of his political opponents |
| 2 | English | Q | The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this... |
| 3 | English | Q-ship | A merchant ship with concealed weaponry, designed... |
| 4 | English | Queenstown | situated on Lake Wakatipu, named after Queenstown in Ireland (now Cobh) |
| 5 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 6 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 7 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 8 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |