Etymology

keyholder

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Today it means: An individual or organization with access to a cryptographic key. Full definition →

English holder ← Middle English holden ← Old English healdan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*kaiju
  2. Old Englishcǣġ
  3. Middle Englishkeye
  4. Englishkey
  5. Proto-Germanic*haldaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*haldan
  7. Old Englishhealdan
  8. Middle Englishholden
  9. Englishhold
  10. Englishholder
  11. English todaykeyholder

From key + holder.

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