English
tasktray
From task + tray.
Latin taxō ‘to censure; to charge’
Latin taxa
Medieval Latin tasca
Old Northern French tasque
Middle English taske ‘task, tax’
English task
Proto-Indo-European *drewo- ‘tree’
Proto-Germanic *trawją ‘wooden vessel’
Proto-West Germanic *trauwi
Old English trēġ ‘wooden board, tray’
Middle English trey ‘a tray’
English tray
Today it means
noun The notification area or tray, part of the taskbar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tasktray