Where does “queerantine” come from?
queerantine (English) comes from English quarantine, from German Quarantäne, from Russian карантинъ, from Polish kwarantanna, from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta — and.
queerantine (English): A quarantine experienced by one or more queer sexually unconventional people during the COVID-19 pandemic
Definitions
- A quarantine experienced by one or more queer sexually unconventional people during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ancestry of “queerantine”, step by step
queerantine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quarantine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quarantine | The desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days... |
| 2 | German | Quarantäne | quarantine |
| 3 | Russian | карантинъ | — |
| 4 | Polish | kwarantanna | quarantine |
| 5 | French | quarantaine | a number or group of or about forty |
| 6 | Italian | quarantina | approximately forty; period of forty days |
| 7 | Italian | quaranta | forty |
| 8 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 9 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via English queer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | queer | Weird, odd or different; whimsical; Slightly... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | queer | oblique, off-center |
| 3 | Old Saxon | thwerh | contrary, against; bent, crooked |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *þwerh | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þwerhaz | cross, adverse |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þerh- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |