Etymograph

English

queerantine

Blend of queer + quarantine.

A blend of queer + quarantine

Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz ‘cross, adverse’

Proto-West Germanic *þwerh ‘transverse, crooked’

Old Saxon thwerh ‘bent, crooked’

English queer

Medieval Latin quarentena ‘40-day period’

Middle English quarentine

English quarantine

Today it means

noun A quarantine experienced by one or more queer (sexually unconventional) people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Etymograph / queerantine