Meaning

noun the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

noun an investigation seeking answers

noun an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Late Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Late Latin -ō Late Latin circō Anglo-Norman sercherbor. Middle English serchen English search Inherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old…

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