Etymology

sargable

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Today it means: Able to use indexes to speed up execution. Full definition →

English argument ← Middle English argument ← Anglo-Norman arguement
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Ancient Greekκίρκος (kírkos)
  3. Latincircus
  4. Late Latincircō
  5. Anglo-Normansercher
  6. Middle Englishserchen
  7. Englishsearch
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  10. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  11. Latinarguō
  12. Latinargūmentum
  13. Anglo-Normanarguement
  14. Middle Englishargument
  15. Englishargument
  16. English todaysargable

Blend of search + argument + -able.

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