The story
- Latin · borrowed fromfenestram“window”
- Latin · borrowed fromante“in front of, before”
- Latin · borrowed fromfissula“small cleft, slit”
- English todayfissula ante fenestram
From Latin fissula (“small cleft, slit”), from Latin fissum + -ula + Latin ante (“in front of, before”) + Latin fenestram (“window”), accusative of fenestra.
Words from the same roots
Latinante all →
ancientanteantenatalante litteramante meridiemantependium
Latinfenestra all →
fensterfenestrafenestranefenestron
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.