R&B Weekly Seminar: Lowell's Ten Minute History Lessons (Episode #18 -- Sunday, June 9th, 2024). Topic: "Philo-Judaic English Protestant Jurist John Selden (1584-1654), Scholar of Jewish Law, Admirer of Noahide Covenant and Laws"
ETYMOLOGY, THE ROOT MEANING OF WORDS “gay” - gay (adj.) late 14c., "full of joy, merry; light-hearted, carefree;" also "wanton, lewd, lascivious" (late 12c. as a surname, Philippus de Gay), from Old French gai "joyful, happy;