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== Etymology ==
The English language-word ''window'' originates from the [[Old Norse]] {{lang|non|vindauga}}, from {{lang|non|vindr}} 'wind' and {{lang|non|auga}} 'eye'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com |title=New Oxford American Dictionary |date=2010}}</ref> In [[Norwegian Language|Norwegian]], [[Nynorsk]], and [[Icelandic Language|Icelandic]], the Old Norse form has survived to this day (in Icelandic only as a less used word for a type of small open "window", not strictly a synonym for {{lang|is|gluggi}}, the Icelandic word for 'window'<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=71376|title=Hvaðan kemur orðið gluggi? Af hverju notum við ekki vindauga samanber window?|work=Vísindavefurinn|access-date=2018-09-17|language=is}}</ref>). In [[Swedish language|Swedish]], the word {{lang|sv|vindöga}} remains as a term for a hole through the roof of a hut, and in the [[Danish language]] {{lang|da|vindue}} and Norwegian {{lang|no|[[Bokmål]]}} {{lang|no|vindu}}, the direct link to ''eye'' is lost, just as for ''window''. The Danish (but not the {{lang|no|Bokmål}}) word is pronounced fairly similarly to ''window''.

''Window'' is first recorded in the early 13th century, and originally referred to an unglazed hole in a roof. ''Window'' replaced the [[Old English language|Old English]] {{lang|ang|eagþyrl}}, which literally means 'eye-hole', and {{lang|ang|eagduru}} 'eye-door'. Many Germanic languages, however, adopted the Latin word {{lang|la|fenestra}} to describe a window with glass, such as [[Standard language|standard]] [[Swedish language|Swedish]] {{lang|sv|fönster}}, or [[German language|German]] {{lang|de|Fenster}}. The use of ''window'' in English is probably because of the Scandinavian influence on the English language by means of [[loanword]]s during the [[Viking Age]]. In English, the word ''fenester'' was used as a parallel until the mid-18th century. ''Fenestration'' is still used to describe the arrangement of windows within a [[façade]], as well as ''[[defenestration]]'', meaning 'to throw out of a window'.