Where does “Qtard” come from?
Qtard (English) comes from English Q, from English Q-ship, from English Queenstown, from English town, from Middle English toun, from Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-Germanic andi — on, onto.
Ancestry of “Qtard”, step by step
Qtard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Q
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Q | The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | Q-ship | A merchant ship with concealed weaponry, designed... |
| 3 | English | Queenstown | situated on Lake Wakatipu, named after Queenstown in Ireland (now Cobh) |
| 4 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 5 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 6 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 7 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English tard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tard | A person with mental retardation; A person who... |
| 2 | English | retard | Retardation; delay; A slowing down of the tempo;... |
| 3 | Old French | retarder | to retard; to delay; to make late |
| 4 | Latin | retardo | I hinder, delay, detain, impede or retard |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |