English

keytag

From key + tag.

A compound of key + tag

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

Middle English tagge ‘small piece hanging from a garment’

English tag

Today it means

noun A keychain.

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Etymograph / keytag

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