defenestration

Meanings

1. The act of throwing something or especially someone out of a window, especially lethally.
2. The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
3. to eliminate from a contest or sport championship
4. The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē New Latin dē New Latin dē- Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.? New Latin fenestra Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō New Latin -ātiō New Latin dēfenestrātiōder. English defenestration From New Latin defenestratio, from dē (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -atio (suffix indicating an action or process); compare Middle French défenestrer (modern French défenestrer), défenestration, Italian defenestrazione and German Fenstersturz. The verb defenestrate was formed later.

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