defenestrate.
To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
Meaning & usage
To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.? Latin fenestra Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiō New Latin dēfenestrātiōder. English defenestrationbf. English defenestrate First attested in 1904; back-formation from defenestration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from New Latin dē- (“out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (“-ation”).
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