English

gaydy

Blend of gay + lady.

A blend of gay + lady

Old French gai ‘joyful, merry’

Middle English gay ‘joyous’

English gay

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’

Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ ‘kneader’

Old English dǣġe ‘female servant; kneader’

Old English hlǣfdīġe ‘mistress of a household’

Middle English lady ‘a lady’

English lady

Today it means

noun A gay lady; a lesbian.

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