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English word queen comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷen-, and later Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (Woman.)

*gʷen- (Proto-Indo-European)

*gʷḗn (Proto-Indo-European)

Woman.

*kwēniz (Proto-Germanic)

Wife.

*kwenǭ (Proto-Germanic)

Woman.

cwēn (Old English)

cwen (Old English)

Queen. Wife. Woman.

cwene (Old English)

Accusative singular/plural of cwēn. Genitive/dative singular of cwēn. Nominative plural of cwēn A woman.

cwen (Middle English)

queen (English)

(BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.. (beekeeping) To be the queen of a colony.. (beekeeping) To provide with a new queen.. (chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.. (intransitive, obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it.. To make a queen. (LGBT, slang, often, derogatory) An effeminate male homosexual. (Compare drag [...]

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