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Where does “toetsenbord” come from?

toetsenbord (Dutch) comes from Dutch toets, from French touché, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.

toetsenbord (Dutch): A keyboard; A typewriter's keyboard

Definitions

  1. A keyboard; A typewriter's keyboard

Ancestry of “toetsenbord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtoetsbutton, key; fingerboard; test, examination
2Frenchtouchépast participle of toucher
3FrenchtoucherThe act of touching; A way of touching; The sense...
4German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
5French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
6English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
7Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
8Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
9Latin-āre—
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
14Chichewaiyehe, she
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