Where does “fenêtre” come from?

fenêtre (French) comes from Middle French fenestre, from Old French fenestre, from Latin fenestra, from Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀.

fenêtre (French): window

Definitions

  1. window

Ancestry of “fenêtre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfenestrewindow
2Old Frenchfenestrewindow
3Latinfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a...
4Etruscan*𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀—

Words derived from “fenêtre”

Every word from Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 →Every word from Latin fenestra →Every word from Old French fenestre →
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