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Where does “тастатура” come from?

тастатура (Serbo-Croatian) 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.

тастатура (Serbo-Croatian): keyboard

Definitions

  1. keyboard

Ancestry of “тастатура”, step by step

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
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