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keynote (n.)
also
key-note
, "lowest note of a musical scale, basis of a scale," 1776, from
key
(n.1) in sense of "musical scale" +
note
(n.). Figurative sense of "leading idea" is from 1783;
keynote address
is 1905, American English.