English

gay-hate

From gay + hate.

A compound of gay + hate

Old French gai ‘joyful, merry’

Middle English gay ‘joyous’

English gay

Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- ‘angriness, hatred’

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Proto-Germanic *hatāną ‘to hate’

Proto-West Germanic *hatēn

Old English hatian ‘to hate’

Middle English haten

English hate

Today it means

noun Dislike or hatred of homosexuals.

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

Etymograph / gay-hate