English
fenestron
Fenestron comes from French fenestron ‘small window’, and goes back to Latin fenestra.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfenestra‘window’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfenestron‘small window’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfenestra‘window’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfenestron‘small window’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin fenestra
Today it means
noun A protected tail rotor of a helicopter, operating like a ducted fan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fenestra / fenestron