Where does “queerious” come from?
queerious (English) comes from English curious, from Middle English curious, from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
queerious (English): Queer, curious: weird, odd, strange, bizarre
Definitions
- Queer, curious: weird, odd, strange, bizarre
Ancestry of “queerious”, step by step
queerious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English curious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curious | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore... |
| 2 | Middle English | curious | careful, meticulous; ingenious, skilful; expert,... |
| 3 | Old French | curios | — |
| 4 | Latin | curiosus | Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;... |
| 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 | — |
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 |