Defenestrate
/ˌdiːˈfɛn.ə.streɪt/noun
To throw someone or something out of a window.
Did you know?The word was coined in modern Latin from fenestra “window,” and its violent fame comes from the famous Defenestrations of Prague, where officials were thrown from windows and history changed fast.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dhe-
“to set, place”
Latin
Latin
fenestra
“window”
Late Latin
Latin
defenestrare
“to throw out of a window”
1618
Neo-Latin
defenestrare
“to throw someone out of a window, especially in the Prague political context”
17th Century
English
defenestrate
“to throw out of a window”
Modern English
English
defenestrate
“to throw someone or something out of a window”
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