joystick

Words with a similar base: joystick

'joystick'

[stick.n.03] as in: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

'joystick'

[joystick.n.02] as in: a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers

Origins

					joystick (English)
├── joy (English)
│   └── joye (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── joie (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│           └── gaudia (Latin)
└── stick (English)
    ├── stiken (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── stician (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── stikke (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── sticca (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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