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by QuercusMax 80 days ago
Not at all. It's just the Latin prefix "de" (out of) plus "fenester" meaning window. Not an English word except by borrowing.
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The joke was that [to my then knowledge] it's not used in Romance languages, but it is used in English.
I believe the term originates with this historical event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague

And if you believe Wiki, it was used originally in Middle French.