Where does “paytriot” come from?

paytriot (English) comes from English pay, from Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

paytriot (English): A right-wing activist (especially a supporter of the QAnon movement) who uses the movement to make money for themselves rather than to advance its goals

Definitions

  1. A right-wing activist (especially a supporter of the QAnon movement) who uses the movement to make money for themselves rather than to advance its goals

Ancestry of “paytriot”, step by step

paytriot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpayTo give money or other compensation to in...
2Middle Englishpayenpagan
3Old Frenchpaiierto pay
4Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
5Latinpācāre
6Latinpāxpeace
7Proto-Italicpākspeace
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via English Patriot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPatriotAn individual Patriot missile; A person who was...
2Middle Frenchpatriotecompatriot
3Latinpatriōtacountryman
4Ancient Greekπατριώτηςof the same country
5Ancient Greek-ώτηςSuffix used to form various kinds of nouns,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic pāks