Etymology of the English word searchlight
the English word
searchlightderived from the English word
searchderived from the Old French word
cerchierderived from the Latin word
circare (traverse; go about; wander through)
derived from the Latin word
circaderived from the Latin word
circus (race course; circus in Rome, celebration of games)
derived from the Greek word
kirkosderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kirk-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sker- (to turn, bend)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
circum (around)
derived from the English word
lightderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leuk- (bright, white light)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
