English

gaycation

Blend of gay + vacation.

Old French gai ‘joyful, merry’

Middle English gay ‘joyous’

English gay

Latin vacātiō ‘freedom, exemption’

Old French vacacion

Anglo-Norman vacacioun

Middle English vacation

Today it means

noun A vacation/holiday tailored to gay (homosexual) people, or based around gay subculture.

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

Etymograph / gaycation