English

keyphone

From key + phone.

A compound of key + phone

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’

Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́

Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound’

French téléphone

English telephone

English phone

Today it means

noun A desk telephone with additional buttons and features.

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

Etymograph / keyphone