Etymograph

English

ex-gay

From ex- + gay.

A compound of ex- + gay

Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-

Latin ex ‘out of, from’

English ex-

Old French gai ‘joyful, merry’

Middle English gay ‘joyous’

English gay

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the movement that considers homosexuality a disease and claims it can be cured by conversion therapy.

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

Etymograph / ex-gay