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Re:English is relatively easy to learn, but not to master (2... by williamdclt on Sunday March 28, 2021 @08:22AM (#26609728)
> Although "defenestrate" is probably more like "tweet" than "computer"

Not sure I understand your point, but "defenestrate" -> "de-fenestrate" which literally translates (via old French) as "un-window"!

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Re:English is relatively easy to learn, but not to master (2... by e12e on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:50PM (#26612451)
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...

It's not from old Latin, but rather from "new Latin".

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Re:English is relatively easy to learn, but not to master (2... by Jiocus on Sunday March 28, 2021 @09:17AM (#26610087)
Window is also from Old Norse (meaning "wind-eye") which has replaced fenester in English.

Meanwhile in Swedish, the French origin "Fönster" is preferred.

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