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cryptonectoryesterday at 5:46 PM3 repliesview on HN

A uniquely... English word, that.


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QuercusMaxyesterday at 6:41 PM

Not at all. It's just the Latin prefix "de" (out of) plus "fenester" meaning window. Not an English word except by borrowing.

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dismalafyesterday at 8:07 PM

Is it? I know of that word in at least 3 languages.