myEtymology.com: English etymology of keynote

Etymology of the English word keynote

the English word keynote

derived from the English word key

derived from the Maori word kai

derived from the Melanesian word pidgin

derived from the English word note

derived from the Old French word note

derived from the Latin word nota (mark, sign, letter)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gno-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gnō-