Where does “butch queen” come from?
butch queen (English) comes from English butch, from English butcher, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
butch queen (English): A gay male who is neither overtly masculine nor overtly feminine, but displays the mannerisms of both genders
Definitions
- A gay male who is neither overtly masculine nor overtly feminine, but displays the mannerisms of both genders
Ancestry of “butch queen”, step by step
butch queen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English butch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | butch | Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or... |
| 2 | English | butcher | A person who prepares and sells meat; A brutal or... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Queen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 2 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 3 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 4 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |