Where does “gaycist” come from?
gaycist (English) comes from English racist, from English racism, from French racisme, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio.
gaycist (English): A homophobic person; a homophobe
Definitions
- A homophobic person; a homophobe
Ancestry of “gaycist”, step by step
gaycist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English racist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | racist | A person who believes in or supports racism; a... |
| 2 | English | racism | Belief that there are distinct human races with... |
| 3 | French | racisme | racism |
| 4 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 5 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 6 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 7 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 8 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 9 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 10 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 11 | Middle English | -an | — |
via English Gay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gay | originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person |
| 2 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 3 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 4 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 5 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |