English
queerification
From queer + -ification.
Formed from queer + -ification
Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz ‘cross, adverse’
Proto-West Germanic *þwerh ‘transverse, crooked’
Old Saxon thwerh ‘bent, crooked’
English queer
Today it means
noun The process of making or becoming queer, i.e. not conforming to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.
Sources
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Etymograph / queerification