| ▲ | cryptonector 2 days ago |
| A uniquely... English word, that. |
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| ▲ | throw0101a 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It originated in Prague due to two incidents: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestration#Origin * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague |
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| ▲ | ithkuil 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Also used in Italian and presumably in many other languages. Like with any word, it's use in colloquial form may vary from generation to generation, from subculture to subculture etc |
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| ▲ | QuercusMax 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Not at all. It's just the Latin prefix "de" (out of) plus "fenester" meaning window. Not an English word except by borrowing. |
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| ▲ | cryptonector 2 days ago | parent [-] | | The joke was that [to my then knowledge] it's not used in Romance languages, but it is used in English. |
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| ▲ | dismalaf 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Is it? I know of that word in at least 3 languages. |
