English
queerify
From queer + -ify.
Formed from queer + -ify
Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz ‘cross, adverse’
Proto-West Germanic *þwerh ‘transverse, crooked’
Old Saxon thwerh ‘bent, crooked’
English queer
Today it means
verb To make queer; to cause not to conform to mainstream sexual identity or behaviour.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “queerify”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / queerify