English

keybutton

From key + button.

A compound of key + button

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Proto-Germanic *bautaną ‘to beat’

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Frankish *bōtan ‘to beat’

Old French bouter ‘to push’

Old French boton

Middle English boton

Today it means

noun A key on a keyboard.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / keybutton