Etymograph

English

keystrip

From key + strip.

A compound of key + strip

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Today it means

noun A physical overlay for a computer keyboard, indicating the functions of certain keys within a particular software package.

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Etymograph / keystrip