Where does “gaymous” come from?
gaymous (English) comes from English Gay, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn — woman.
gaymous (English): famous within the LGBTQIA2 milieu
Definitions
- famous within the LGBTQIA2 milieu
Ancestry of “gaymous”, step by step
gaymous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English famous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | famous | Well known; In the public eye; To make famous; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | famous | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | famous | — |
| 4 | Latin | famosus | famed, celebrated, noted, renowned, famous;... |
| 5 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 6 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 7 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 8 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |