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Well I guess it depends on how you attribute words to languages. In Czech language it's standard practice to compose words with Latin stems. The word was origin

Well I guess it depends on how you attribute words to languages. In Czech language it's standard practice to compose words with Latin stems. The word was originally written by a Czech person in a Czech language text using specialized Czech grammar for integration of Latin stems. The prefix de- is used in Czech normally since forever and to this day (originally Latin though), the stem fenestra is Latin (not normally used in Czech), and the suffix -ace is Czech (Slavic origin). BTW the quote you posted says the first usage in English language was in reference to the Czech text which actually coined it (thus the English text adopted it), not that it's English in origin.

The_Colonel 4y ago
> The prefix de- is used in Czech normally since forever and to this day It's only used in loan words. Like "depilace" is a normally used loanword in Czech, non-loan word variant would be "odchlupeni". But "dechlupeni" (using "de-" instead of "od-" + native Czech word) would be completely nonsensical. Claiming that "defenestrace" is originally a Czech word seems absurd to me. It might have been "invented" in Czech lands, but clearly from the latin form.
- Huh1337 4y ago
  Hmm, a lot of Czech words aren't actually Czech, then. I think that makes even less sense. The fact is the Czech language loans heavily from many different languages (Latin being one of the top donors) - but that doesn't mean we speak a mix of languages in one sentence. The prefix de- is not used only in loanwords, you can construct new words with it just fine. It doesn't sound right in your example but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.
  - The_Colonel 4y ago
    "defenestrace" is a Czech word, "defenestration" is an English word, but they can both trace their origin to the latin "defenestratio". > The prefix de- is not used only in loanwords, you can construct new words with it just fine. Listing some examples would strengthen your argument immensely. > It doesn't sound right in your example but that doesn't mean it's nonsense. To my native ear, it sounds nonsensical. I wouldn't be able to guess what it is supposed to mean.
    - Huh1337 4y ago
      Defenestratio is not a Latin word, you wouldn't describe the act like that as a Latin speaker. You'd say something involving the words "de fenestra", but definitely not as one word. It was the Czech person who first combined the Czech/Latin prefix, the Latin stem and the Czech/Slavic suffix in a decidedly Czech sentence. > Listing some examples would strengthen your argument immensely. You said one yourself. Nobody would say it because there's already a better way to say that, but everybody would understand the meaning and the grammar is fine.
      - The_Colonel 4y ago
        "dechlupeni" is not a Czech word. > but everybody would understand the meaning and the grammar is fine. No, I certainly wouldn't. It's nonsense. Can you name a word formed like that which is present in some dictionary?
        Huh1337 4y ago
        Even if you're right about that, it still doesn't make the word Latin. Latin speakers wouldn't say it as one word, and there would also be a verb in a Latin sentence - "de fenestra" by itself is nonsense. (I had the displeasure of studying Latin in school)
        The_Colonel 4y ago
        > Latin speakers wouldn't say it as one word Note that all Latin speakers in that time period spoke Latin as their second (third...) language, and it was pretty common to see influence of other (mother) languages onto the used Latin. It wouldn't be surprising if e.g. a German native speaker (where such word concoctions are common place) coined such a Latin word.
        thaumasiotes 4y ago
        It would also be unsurprising to see a native speaker of classical Latin coin such a Latin word. defenestro and defenestratio are perfectly compatible with the normal methods of word formation in classical Latin, which very rarely forms compound nouns, but which forms compounds of verbs with prepositional prefixes all the time. (Just in that last sentence, you can see the ghostly remains of perfectus [thoroughly-done], compono [with-put], praepositio [before-putting], and praefixus [before-fastened], all impeccably classical. You can also see compatior [with-endure], which does not seem to have existed in classical Latin, but is obviously derived in exactly the same way as the others.) Here ( https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=defatigatio&la=la&can=defatigatio0&prior=defarinatus#lexicon https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=defatigatio&la=... ) is a dictionary entry citing defatigatio to a speech given by Cicero.
shkkmo 4y ago
Do you have sources or references for any of this? I can't find any sources that dig into by who or in what text "defenstrate" was originally coined. You say it is in reference to "the Czech text" but don't clarify which text you qre talking about? The quote is posted makes no reference to any text... The best discussion of the original formation of the word I have been able to find was here: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/35905/did-a-single-word-derived-from-de-fenestra-exist-in-european-languages-prior-t https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/35905/did-a-...

The_Colonel 4y ago

> The prefix de- is used in Czech normally since forever and to this day It's only used in loan words. Like "depilace" is a normally used loanword in Czech, non-loan word variant would be "odchlupeni". But "dechlupeni" (using "de-" instead of "od-" + native Czech word) would be completely nonsensical. Claiming that "defenestrace" is originally a Czech word seems absurd to me. It might have been "invented" in Czech lands, but clearly from the latin form.

Huh1337 4y ago
Hmm, a lot of Czech words aren't actually Czech, then. I think that makes even less sense. The fact is the Czech language loans heavily from many different languages (Latin being one of the top donors) - but that doesn't mean we speak a mix of languages in one sentence. The prefix de- is not used only in loanwords, you can construct new words with it just fine. It doesn't sound right in your example but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.
- The_Colonel 4y ago
  "defenestrace" is a Czech word, "defenestration" is an English word, but they can both trace their origin to the latin "defenestratio". > The prefix de- is not used only in loanwords, you can construct new words with it just fine. Listing some examples would strengthen your argument immensely. > It doesn't sound right in your example but that doesn't mean it's nonsense. To my native ear, it sounds nonsensical. I wouldn't be able to guess what it is supposed to mean.
  - Huh1337 4y ago
    Defenestratio is not a Latin word, you wouldn't describe the act like that as a Latin speaker. You'd say something involving the words "de fenestra", but definitely not as one word. It was the Czech person who first combined the Czech/Latin prefix, the Latin stem and the Czech/Slavic suffix in a decidedly Czech sentence. > Listing some examples would strengthen your argument immensely. You said one yourself. Nobody would say it because there's already a better way to say that, but everybody would understand the meaning and the grammar is fine.
    - The_Colonel 4y ago
      "dechlupeni" is not a Czech word. > but everybody would understand the meaning and the grammar is fine. No, I certainly wouldn't. It's nonsense. Can you name a word formed like that which is present in some dictionary?
      - Huh1337 4y ago
        Even if you're right about that, it still doesn't make the word Latin. Latin speakers wouldn't say it as one word, and there would also be a verb in a Latin sentence - "de fenestra" by itself is nonsense. (I had the displeasure of studying Latin in school)
        The_Colonel 4y ago
        > Latin speakers wouldn't say it as one word Note that all Latin speakers in that time period spoke Latin as their second (third...) language, and it was pretty common to see influence of other (mother) languages onto the used Latin. It wouldn't be surprising if e.g. a German native speaker (where such word concoctions are common place) coined such a Latin word.
        thaumasiotes 4y ago
        It would also be unsurprising to see a native speaker of classical Latin coin such a Latin word. defenestro and defenestratio are perfectly compatible with the normal methods of word formation in classical Latin, which very rarely forms compound nouns, but which forms compounds of verbs with prepositional prefixes all the time. (Just in that last sentence, you can see the ghostly remains of perfectus [thoroughly-done], compono [with-put], praepositio [before-putting], and praefixus [before-fastened], all impeccably classical. You can also see compatior [with-endure], which does not seem to have existed in classical Latin, but is obviously derived in exactly the same way as the others.) Here ( https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=defatigatio&la=la&can=defatigatio0&prior=defarinatus#lexicon https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=defatigatio&la=... ) is a dictionary entry citing defatigatio to a speech given by Cicero.

shkkmo 4y ago

Do you have sources or references for any of this? I can't find any sources that dig into by who or in what text "defenstrate" was originally coined. You say it is in reference to "the Czech text" but don't clarify which text you qre talking about? The quote is posted makes no reference to any text... The best discussion of the original formation of the word I have been able to find was here: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/35905/did-a-single-word-derived-from-de-fenestra-exist-in-european-languages-prior-t https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/35905/did-a-...