Etymograph

English

keymask

From key + mask.

A compound of key + mask

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Proto-Indo-European *mosgʷ- ‘netting, mesh, knot, loop’

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Proto-West Germanic *maskā ‘mesh, net’

Medieval Latin masca

Italian maschera ‘mask, disguise’

Middle French masque ‘a covering to hide or protect the face’

English mask

Today it means

noun A bitmask specifying which keypresses were made.

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

Etymograph / keymask