The story
- Latin · derived fromclāvis“key”
- German · borrowed fromKlaviatur
- English todayclaviature
From German Klaviatur, ultimately from Latin clāvis (“key”).
Words from the same roots
Latinclāvis all →
enclaveclefclaveautoclaveclavierclavesclavisclaviformclavilux
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.