Etymology

QAnonsense

Q10A1N1O1N1S1E1N1S1E1

Today it means: Conspiracy theories or other statements by followers of QAnon that are asserted to be nonsense. Full definition →

English nonsense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens
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The story

  1. EnglishQAnon
  2. Proto-Indo-European*né
  3. Proto-Germanic*ne
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  6. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  7. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  9. Old Englishnān
  10. Middle Englishnon
  11. Old Englishnān
  12. Old Englishnān-
  13. Middle Englishnon-
  14. Englishnon-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  16. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  17. Latinsentiō
  18. Latinsēnsu
  19. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  20. Frankish*sinn
  21. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  22. Old Frenchsens
  23. Middle Englishsense
  24. Englishsense
  25. Englishnonsense
  26. English todayQAnonsense

Blend of QAnon + nonsense.

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