English

keyswitch

From key + switch.

A compound of key + switch

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Middle Dutch swijch ‘twig’

Today it means

noun A mechanical switch associated with a key on a keyboard.

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Etymograph / keyswitch