defenestration
/diˌfenestˈɹeɪʃən/dee-feh-neh-STRAY-shuhn
/diˌfɛnɛstˈɹeɪʃən/dee-feh-neh-STRAY-shuhn
Meaninga throwing out of a window
Common meaning: throwing someone out of a window
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- fenestra windowLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 734 · scan
- ationnoun ending: act or result
‘down, away, off’ + ‘a window’ → defenestration
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin fenestra ‘a window’.
Roots
- fenestra, -ae Latin “a window”
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