English

keybind

From key + bind.

A compound of key + bind

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‘to tie’

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Proto-Germanic *bindaną ‘to bind’

Proto-West Germanic *bindan ‘to bind’

Old English bindan ‘to bind’

Middle English bynden ‘to bind’

English bind

Today it means

noun Synonym of key binding.

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