Etymology of the French word recerche
the Obsolete French word
recerchederived from the French word
recercherusing the Old French prefix
re-derived 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)
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Word found in Obsolete French
