Where does “tastatūra” come from?
tastatūra (Latvian) 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.
tastatūra (Latvian): keyboard
Definitions
- keyboard
Ancestry of “tastatūra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tastatur | keyboard |
| 2 | Italian | tastiera | keyboard; fingerboard |
| 3 | Italian | tasto | key, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard |
| 4 | Italian | tastare | to feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 6 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |