From Greek haptikos 'able to touch,' introduced into psychology in the 1890s and now ubiquitous in technology.
Relating to the sense of touch, especially as it pertains to perceiving and manipulating objects through touch and proprioception.
From Greek haptikos 'able to touch or grasp,' from haptein 'to fasten, touch.' The term was introduced into psychology in the 1890s by the German psychologist Max Dessoir to distinguish touch-based perception from visual and auditory cognition. Key roots: *h₂ep- (Proto-Indo-European: "to join, fit").