It's from an event I Praha - I mean that there's very little use for the word (as opposed to "kill" or "throw out a window". It's not like sheep and mutton. Ed

It's from an event I Praha - I mean that there's very little use for the word (as opposed to "kill" or "throw out a window". It's not like sheep and mutton. Ed: see first part, and the section https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration#Origin_of_the_term https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration#Origin_of_the... It's not from old Latin, but rather from "new Latin".