Where does “Tastenanschlag” come from?

Tastenanschlag (German) comes from German taste, from Italian tasto, from Italian tastare, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.

Tastenanschlag (German): keystroke

Definitions

  1. keystroke

Ancestry of “Tastenanschlag”, step by step

Tastenanschlag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German taste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantasteinflection of tasten: ## first-person singular...
2Italiantastokey, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard
3Italiantastareto feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe
4Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
5Latintaxāre
6LatinTaxusyew
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via German Anschlag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnschlagattempt, attack; poster, notice, bulletin
2GermanSchlagblow, hit; beat
3Middle High Germanslac
4Old High Germanslag
5Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
6Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
7Low Germanslagge
8Middle Low Germanslagge
9Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
10Old Saxonslāhanto hit
11Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
12Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
13Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-