Where does “ホットキー” come from?

ホットキー (Japanese) comes from English hotkey, from English hot, from Middle English hot, from Old English hāt, from Old English hātan, from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.

ホットキー (Japanese): a hotkey

Definitions

  1. a hotkey

Ancestry of “ホットキー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhotkeyA keyboard shortcut; To navigate by means of a...
2EnglishhotHaving a high temperature; Causing the air to be...
3Middle Englishhothot
4Old Englishhāthot, fervent, fervid, fierce
5Old Englishhātanto promise; to command, promise; to command, call...
6Hungarian-anAdded to an adjective to create an adverb; Added...
7HungarianUsed to form the third-person singular indicative...
8Proto-Uralic-i
Every word from Proto-Uralic -i