Everyone has heard of the word “search,” and we use this word more than what we think we know. But we don’t know about the word is that it was used a while back and that it wasn’t an English word at first. The word “search” was used before any of us was born obviously.
The word “search” originated from the french language. The word “search” was first recorded in the 1400’s. “Search” was once a noun and still is but now we consider it as a verb more than a noun because it sounds like an action verb. “Search” was first recorded in the English language around 1901, but we used the word “search” in English before it became a popular word. A phrase it was once used in the English language was “search me” and meant like a verbal shrug. In 1901, when the word “search” was recorded, that was when they used the term “search me.” The meaning of ”search” in the 1400’s meant, to go about, wander, traverse. Now the meaning of ”search” as a verb is, try to locate or discover,try to establish the existence of. The meaning of “search” has changed, but we still use the 1400’s translation but not as often as we do with the new meaning.
Now surprising, the word “search” has a different meaning because you would think that it would but it doesn’t. “Search” is just another one of those words that end up changing and we don’t know about it because we don’t take the time to research it. I know the word “search” is a common word, but it is a simple word that was just changed.
