Etymology

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Today it means: Capable of being searched, especially something that has an automated search function included. Full definition →

English search ← Middle English serchen ← Anglo-Norman sercher
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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. English todaysearchable

From search + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.