Before windows were used,old houses
in Northern Europe and Britain were very dark.Their great rooms were
high,with onlya (one) hole in the roof to let out the smoke (dust)
from cooking fires.As time went on (by),people began to make the holes
bigger so as to have more light and air in their homes.
The first English window was just a small
opening in the wall.It was cut long,to let in as much light as
possible ,and narrow,to keep out the bad weather.However,with the window cut
long,more wind than light would come in.This is why it was
called"the wind's eye ".And the word "window" comes
from two ancient words for"wind" and "eye".