Etymograph

English

keysmash

From key + smash.

A compound of key + smash

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Today it means

noun A haphazard striking of keys on a keyboard to convey frustration, laughter, or other emotion; the text so produced.

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

Etymograph / keysmash