Etymograph

English

sargable

Blend of search + argument + -able.

A compound of search + argument + -able

Latin circus ‘circle’

Late Latin circō ‘to circle; go around; search for’

Anglo-Norman sercher

Middle English serchen ‘to scrutinise’

English search

Latin arguō ‘to make clear, prove’

Latin argūmentum ‘argument, proof’

Old French arguement

Middle English argument

English argument

Today it means

adj Able to use indexes to speed up execution.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sargable”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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