It’s because it’s French
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samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 hours agoAlways thought it was weird that English has a word specifically for throwing someone out of a window.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
No, it’s Latin.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
It’s weird that any language does, really.
db2@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
It’s French. Guillotine was already taken.
NABDad@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
According to Wikipedia, the term was in use in other languages before it was taken in English
Defenestrations of Prague
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yep!! It’s actually an interesting little story behind the word.