A Conversation for Defenestration
Why Defenestration?
Is mise Duncan Started conversation Apr 19, 2000
Shouldn't it be transfenestration?
Or have I got myself all befuddled again 
Why Defenestration?
Wand'rin star Posted Apr 20, 2000
I suspect it's a direct translation from French, but even in English one throws things out the window rather than through it.
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Is mise Duncan Posted Apr 20, 2000
If it is from French, shouldn't it be defenetration from fenetre...or has French lost the extra 's' in the interim.
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e-griff Posted Dec 29, 2000
I always thought transfenestration or exfenestration would be more correct. Defenestration would be removing the windows from a building
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FrancisAlbertCorneilius Posted Nov 18, 2003
its from the latin for window - "fenestra"
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TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Aug 8, 2010
As in foret: woodland (forest); tempet: storm (tempest); etre: to be (it had an s in Latin). A French e-circumflex often marks a missing s.
TRiG.
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