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Today it means: An attempt to find something. Full definition →

Middle English serchen ← Anglo-Norman sercher ← Late Latin circō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Ancient Greekκίρκος (kírkos)
  3. Latincircus
  4. Late Latincircō
  5. Anglo-Normansercher
  6. Middle Englishserchen
  7. English todaysearch

Inherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, ,circāre (“to circle; go around; search for”), from circus. Unrelated to German suchen, which is cognate with English seek.

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Variant of Surridge.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.