Windauge

Meaning

a window, usually without a pane and often in the roof

Concepts

window

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Synonyms

Fenster

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Translations

نَافِذَة

finestra

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παράθυρο

fenêtre

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finestra

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پهنجهره

fenestra

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raam

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ruit

venster

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fenèstra

janela

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ventana

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cam

Etymology

Cognate with English: window

In summary

18th century, from Wind (“wind”) + Auge (“eye”), a calque of Old Norse vindauga and its descendants, which include English window.
Old High German had ougatora (literally “eye-door”, cognate with Old English ēagduru), but even this is a hapax, having already been displaced by fenstar.