myEtymology.com: English etymology of defenestrate

Etymology of the English word defenestrate

the English word defenestrate

using the English prefix de- (a suffix which indicates the removal, separation, descent, etc)

derived from the Old French prefix de-

derived from the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)

derived from the Latin word fenestra (window; window, opening for light; loophole)

uncertain etymology; the -stra suffix appears to indicate an Etruscan origin, but it could also be related to the Greek verb phainein (to show)

derived from the Late Greek word phainein, φαίνω (to display; to show)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bha-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhā-

Word found in Modern English