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Originally Posted by mores
since german is also a roman language I would very much think that "fenster" is a derivative of "fenestra".
it's funny how english uses a lot of words that do not hint to any latin background.
"window" - "fenestra"  |
german is a romance language ? i'm pretty sure that's not true... it seems to me german is, well, a *germanic* language, which is not the same thing at all. does it have roman origins as well ?