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English word search comes from Latin circus
circus (Latin)
A circular line or orbit; circle, ring. A racecourse or space where games are held, especially one that is round. The spectators in a circus; a circus.
circō (Late Latin)
circo (Late Latin)
cercier (Old French)
sercher (Anglo-Norman)
serchen (Middle English)
search (English)
An attempt to find something.. The act of searching in general. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.. (transitive, now, rare) To look for, seek.. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).