English

Gaystapo

Blend of gay + Gestapo.

Old French gai ‘joyful, merry’

Middle English gay ‘joyous’

English gay

German Staatspolizei ‘secret state police’

German Gestapo

Today it means

name Gay activists viewed as a militant and oppressive force.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Gaystapo