Where does “fenester” come from?

fenester (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr, from Latin fenestra, from Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀.

fenester (Old English): window

Definitions

  1. window

Ancestry of “fenester”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*fenestrwindow
2Latinfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a...
3Etruscan*𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀
Every word from Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀Every word from Latin fenestraEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr