LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dēfenestrātiō

dēfenestrātiō f (genitive dēfenestrātiōnis)
Classical[deː.fɛ.nɛsˈtraː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[de.fe.nesˈtrat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. New LatinhumorousThe act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
  2. figurativelyThe act of forcibly removing someone from an organization or position of power.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēfenestrātiōdēfenestrātiōnēs
genitivedēfenestrātiōnisdēfenestrātiōnum
dativedēfenestrātiōnīdēfenestrātiōnibus
accusativedēfenestrātiōnemdēfenestrātiōnēs
ablativedēfenestrātiōnedēfenestrātiōnibus
vocativedēfenestrātiōdēfenestrātiōnēs

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēfenestrātiō

Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.? Latin fenestra Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiō Latin dēfenestrātiō From dē (“out of; down from”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (“-ation”).

Descendants
  • Englishdefenestration
  • Frenchdéfenestration
  • Italiandefenestrazione
  • Portuguesedefenestração
  • Spanishdefenestración
  • Dutchdefenestratie
  • Russianдефенестра́ция
  • Ukrainianдефенестра́ція

In English words that came into English from dēfenestrātiō

  • defenestrationdēfenestrātiō

Quick answers

What does dēfenestrātiō mean in Latin?
dēfenestrātiō, a noun, means “The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.; The act of forcibly removing someone from an organization or position of power.”.
What is the genitive of dēfenestrātiō?
The genitive singular is dēfenestrātiōnis. dēfenestrātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce dēfenestrātiō?
In classical Latin, [deː.fɛ.nɛsˈtraː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [de.fe.nesˈtrat.t͡si.o].
Where does dēfenestrātiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēfenestrātiō.