serchen
Middle English
/ˈsɛːrtʃən/
verb
Definitions
- To search, to try to find; to scour:
- To research; to examine a line of study in-depth.
- To loot, despoil, or ravage.
- (rare) To take or perform measurements or readings.
- (rare) To siege; to launch an assault.
- (rare) To follow; to keep in mind.
Etymology
Borrowed from sercher derived from Latin circō affix from Middle English serche (search, cut rock).
Origin
Middle English
serche
Gloss
search, cut rock
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- asearch English
- jobsearch English
- metasearch English
- oversearch English
- re-search English
- search English
- searchability English
- searchable English
- searcher English
- searchest English
- searcheth English
- searchless English
- searchlight English
- searcht English
- subsearch English
- unsearchable English
- circa Latin
- circito Latin
- circitāre Latin
- circus Latin
- circō Latin
- chercher French
- aserchen Middle English
- enserchen Middle English
- serche Middle English
- sercher Middle English
- serches Middle English
- serchyng Middle English
- unserchable Middle English
- cerche Old French
- cercheor Old French
- cerchier Old French
- serĉi Esperanto
- سرچ Persian
- kërkoj Albanian
- sairch Scots
- assercher xno
- sercher xno
- chèrchiér Franco-Provençal