Etymology

fenster

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Today it means: A geologic structure formed by erosion or normal faulting on a thrust system; a tectonic window. Full definition →

German Fenster ← Latin fenestra
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfenestra“window”
  2. German · borrowed fromFenster“window”
  3. English todayfenster

From German Fenster (“window”), from Latin fenestra (“window”).

Words from the same roots

Latinfenestra all →

fenestrafenestranefenestronfissula ante fenestram

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.