Editing Defenestration (section)

== Origin ==
The term originates from two incidents in history, both occurring in [[Prague]]. In 1419, seven town officials were thrown from the New Town Hall, precipitating the [[Hussite War]]. In 1618, two Imperial governors and their secretary were tossed from the [[Prague Castle]], sparking the [[Thirty Years' War]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wedgwood |first=C.V. |title=The Thirty Years War |date=1938 |publisher=New York Review of Books |isbn=978-1-59017-146-2 |edition=2005 |pages=78–79}}</ref> These incidents, particularly that in 1618, were referred to as the [[Defenestrations of Prague]] and gave rise to the term and the concept.

The word itself is derived from [[Neo-Latin]] ''defenestratio''; with ''dē'' meaning "out" + ''fenestra'' meaning "window" + ''-atio''  as a suffix indicating an action or process.