English
fenestella
Fenestella comes from Latin fenestella ‘a small opening in the wall’, and goes back to fenestra ‘window’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfenestra‘window’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfenestella‘a small opening in the wall’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfenestra‘window’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfenestella‘a small opening in the wall’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin fenestra
Today it means
noun A niche on the south side of an altar, containing the piscina and sometimes the credence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fenestra / fenestella