Where does “searchableness” come from?

searchableness (English) comes from English searchable, from English search, from Middle English serchen, from Old French cerchier, from Latin circō, from Latin circā, from Latin circum, from Latin circus — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

searchableness (English): The quality of being searchable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being searchable

Ancestry of “searchableness”, step by step

searchableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English searchable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsearchableCapable of being searched, especially something...
2EnglishsearchAn attempt to find something; The act of...
3Middle EnglishserchenTo search, to try to find; to scour; To research;...
4Old Frenchcerchierto search; to seek; to look for
5Latincircōto traverse, go about
6Latincircā
7Latincircumabout, around; in a circle, all around, on both...
8Latincircusa circular line or orbit; circle, ring; a...
9Ancient Greekκρίκοςring
10Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-