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Subject: Re: defenestration - (nf)
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zeppo!mmc    Mar 21 09:58:00 1984

...which, in turn, derives from the Latin "fenestra".  The circumflex in
French often indicates a disappearing letter, usually an 's'.  Cf.
fe^te < festum, mai^tre < magister, etc., etc., etc.