English
queerdom
From queer + -dom.
A compound of queer + -dom
Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz ‘cross, adverse’
Proto-West Germanic *þwerh ‘transverse, crooked’
Old Saxon thwerh ‘bent, crooked’
English queer
Today it means
noun The world of queer (non-heterosexual) people; queer people collectively.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / queerdom