Where does “Tastaturbelegung” come from?

Tastaturbelegung (German) comes from German Tastatur, from Italian tastiera, from Italian tasto, from Italian tastare, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to look at.

Tastaturbelegung (German): keyboard layout

Definitions

  1. keyboard layout

Ancestry of “Tastaturbelegung”, step by step

Tastaturbelegung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tastatur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTastaturkeyboard
2Italiantastierakeyboard; fingerboard
3Italiantastokey, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard
4Italiantastareto feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe
5Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
6Latintaxāre
7LatinTaxusyew
8Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
9Spanish-scopio-scope
10Latin-scopium
11Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
12Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
13Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
14Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at

via German Belegung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBelegung
Every word from Proto-Hellenic sképťomaiEvery word from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαιEvery word from Ancient Greek σκοπός