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Not at all. It's just the Latin prefix "de" (out of) plus "fenester" meaning window. Not an English word except by borrowing.
by QuercusMax 7mo ago
Not at all. It's just the Latin prefix "de" (out of) plus "fenester" meaning window. Not an English word except by borrowing.
- cryptonector 7mo agoThe joke was that [to my then knowledge] it's not used in Romance languages, but it is used in English.
- QuercusMax 6mo agoI believe the term originates with this historical event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague And if you believe Wiki, it was used originally in Middle French.