Sear Definition
Origin of Sear
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From Middle English seer, seere, from Old English sÄ“ar, sÄ«ere (“dry, sere, sear, withered, barren"), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry"), from Proto-Indo-European *saus-, *sus- (“dry, parched"). Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry, rough"), Low German soor (“dry"), German sohr (“parched, dried up"), Norwegian dialectal søyr (“the desiccation and death of a tree"), Lithuanian sausas (“dry").
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English seeren, seren, from Old English sÄ“arian (“to become sere, to grow sear, wither, pine away"), from Proto-Germanic *sauzōnÄ…, *sauzijanÄ… (“to become dry"). Related to Old High German sōrÄ“n (“to wither, wilt"), Greek hauos ("dry"), Sanskrit sōsa ("drought"). The use in firearms terminology may relate to French serrer ("to grip").
From Wiktionary
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Probably French serre something that grasps from Old French lock from serrer to grasp from Vulgar Latin serrāre from Late Latin serāre to bolt from Latin sera bar, bolt ser-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English seren from Old English sēarian to wither from sēar withered
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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