English
green queengreen queen
From green + queen (“an effeminate or homosexual man”).
A compound of green + queen ‘an effeminate or homosexual man’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’
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Proto-Germanic *grōniz
Proto-West Germanic *grōnī
Old English grēne
Middle English grene
English green
Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s ‘woman’
Proto-Germanic *kwēniz ‘wife’
Proto-West Germanic *kwāni ‘woman’
Old English cwēn
Middle English quene ‘a queen’
English queen
Today it means
noun A gay man who derives sexual pleasure from engaging in public sex in parks, near bushes and trees.
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