How to spell window

hear itwin·dow/'wɪndoʊ/nounStarter

What it means: An opening in a wall for light and air.

In a sentence: The sun shines through the window.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as windoe or windo.

Same family: windows, windowed, windowless, windowpane. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "window" comes from Old Norse "vindauga," which literally meant "wind eye"—an opening in a wall that let in wind and light before glass panes were common.

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