Etymology

windowing

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Today it means: The windows of a building; fenestration. Full definition →

English window ← Middle English wyndowe ← Old Norse vindauga
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
  4. Proto-Germanic*windaz
  5. Old Norsevindr
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*augô
  8. Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᚷᚨ (*auga)
  9. Old Norseauga
  10. Old Norsevindauga
  11. Middle Englishwyndowe
  12. Englishwindow
  13. English todaywindowing

From window + -ing.

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