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zinniabooklover said:
Just seemed so obvious.

fonster - Swedish for window

fenestra - Latin for window

fenestration - the arrangement and design of windows in a building

There's something very jolly going on here. :)
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Is that how you use the word fenestration? I thought it was about throwing somebody out of a window?

It’s really interesting, the links between languages. And I seem to recall that your ‘window’ is from Old Norse ‘vindauga’ (eye of the wind; Swedish ‘vindöga’)!
 
Agonum said:
Is that how you use the word fenestration? I thought it was about throwing somebody out of a window?
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Seriously? I have no idea. Never heard of that. I only know the 'window design' thing. It's a bit of an old-fashioned word these days but it's lodged in my brain from way back.

Agonum said:
It’s really interesting, the links between languages. And I seem to recall that your ‘window’ is from Old Norse ‘vindauga’ (eye of the wind; Swedish ‘vindöga’)!
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I didn't know about this but I just found out there's a window / door fitting company called Vindauga. The company logo incorporates a Viking helmet, lol. :D
 
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zinniabooklover said:
Seriously? I have no idea. Never heard of that. I only know the 'window design' thing. It's a bit of an old-fashioned word these days but it's lodged in my brain from way back.


I didn't know about this but I just found out there's a window / door fitting company called Vindauga. The company logo incorporates a Viking helmet, lol. :D
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Pardon me, I feel a bit slow in the thought. The act of throwing somebody out of the window, of course, goes by the term defenestration!

Vindauga is a cool word! Very “viking metal.”
 
Agonum said:
Pardon me, I feel a bit slow in the thought. The act of throwing somebody out of the window, of course, goes by the term defenestration!
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Well, I didn't want to say it. But I did wonder if that was what you were thinking of. :D

Agonum said:
Vindauga is a cool word! Very “viking metal.”
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Agonum said:
I never knew it was an art!
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I thought it was a p!sstake at first. Had to check before I posted but it is an actual thing. Who knew?

Agonum said:
Useful word, indeed.
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I bonded with it straightaway, lol. :ROFLMAO:
 
Agonum said:
Is that how you use the word fenestration? I thought it was about throwing somebody out of a window?

It’s really interesting, the links between languages. And I seem to recall that your ‘window’ is from Old Norse ‘vindauga’ (eye of the wind; Swedish ‘vindöga’)!
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And if you threw something away, would it be a different word?
 
hope said:
And if you threw something away, would it be a different word?
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Interesting question! ‘Defenestration’ should apply to both, though it certainly most commonly is about people.
 
zinniabooklover said:
Reminds me of the French - parapluie :)
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I’m wondering if it originates from France now, we borrowed lots of French words due to occupation in the Napoleon years but we also borrowed Spanish words when they occupied us in the 16th/17th century. Now that I think of it we have always been occupied by another country until we finally gained independence in 1830 lol
 
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