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searchable (adj.)[searchable 词源字典]: 1550s, from search (v.) + -able. Compare unsearchable.[searchable etymology, searchable origin, 英语词源]
searchlight (n.): also search-light, 1882, from search (v.) + light (n.).
seashell (n.): also sea-shell, Old English sæscel; see sea and shell (n.).
seashore (n.): also sea-shore, 1520s, from sea + shore (n.). Old English used særima "sea-rim," sæ-strande, etc.
seasick (adj.): also sea-sick, 1560s, from sea + sick (n.). Related: Seasickness.
seaside (n.): also sea-side, c. 1200, from sea + side (n.). As an adjective from 1781. Old English had sæhealf.
season (n.): c. 1300, "a period of the year," with reference to weather or work, also "proper time, suitable occasion," from Old French seison, saison "season, date; right moment, appropriate time" (Modern French saison) "a sowing, planting," from Latin sationem (nominative satio) "a sowing, planting," noun of action from past participle stem of serere "to sow" (see sow (v.)).

Sense shifted in Vulgar Latin from "act of sowing" to "time of sowing," especially "spring, regarded as the chief sowing season." In Old Provençal and Old French (and thus in English), this was extended to "season" in general. In other Indo-European languages, generic "season" (of the year) words typically are from words for "time," sometimes with a word for "year" (as in Latin tempus (anni), German Jahrzeit). Of game (as in out of season) from late 14c. Spanish estacion, Italian stagione are unrelated, being from Latin statio "station."

Meaning "time of year during which a place is most frequented" is from 1705. Season ticket is attested from 1820.
season (v.): "improve the flavor of by adding spices," c. 1300, from Old French assaisoner "to ripen, season," from a- "to" (see ad-) + root of season (n.) on the notion of fruit becoming more palatable as it ripens. Applied to timber by 1540s. In 16c., it also meant "to copulate with."
seasonable (adj.): "suitable as to the time or season," late 14c., from season (n.) + -able. Related: Seasonably; seasonableness.
seasonal (adj.): "pertaining to the seasons; relating to a season," 1829, from season (n.) + -al (1). Of workers or employment, from 1904. Related: Seasonally.
seasoned (adj.): mid-15c., "flavored, spiced," past participle adjective from season (v.). Meaning "fit for use" is from 1540s; that of "acclimatized, accustomed" is from 1640s.
seasoning (n.): "act of adding flavor," 1510s; "something added to a dish to impart flavor," 1570s, verbal noun from season (v.).
seat (n.1): "thing to sit on; act of sitting," c. 1200, from Old Norse sæti "seat, position," from Proto-Germanic *sæt- (cognates: Old High German saze, Middle Dutch gesaete "seat," Old High German gisazi, German Gesäß "buttocks"), from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sit). Meaning "posterior of the body" (the sitting part) is from c. 1600; sense of "part of a garment which covers the buttocks" is from 1835. Seat belt is from 1915, originally in airplanes.
seat (n.2): "residence, abode, established place," late 13c., extended use of seat (n.1), influenced by Old French siege "seat, established place," and Latin sedes "seat." Meaning "city in which a government sits" is attested from c. 1400. Sense of "right of taking a place in a parliament or other legislative body" is attested from 1774. Old English had sæt "place where one sits in ambush," which also meant "residents, inhabitants," and is the source of the -set in Dorset and Somerset.
seat (v.): 1570s, "to be in a certain position" (implied in seated), from seat (n.2). Of diseases, in the body, from 1610s (hence deep-seated). Meaning "to cause to sit in a seat" is from 1610s, from seat (n.1). Related: Seated; seating.
SEATO: 1954, acronym for Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
Seattle: city founded 1853, named for Seatlh (c. 1790-1866), native chief who befriended white settlers. His name is in the Salishan tongue.
seavy (adj.): "overgrown with rushes," 1680s, from seave "rush" (c. 1400), from Old Norse sef.
seaweed (n.): 1570s, from sea + weed (n.). An Old English word for it was sæwar; also fleotwyrt ('float-wort').
seaworthy (adj.): 1807, "in fit condition to encounter heavy weather at sea," from sea + worthy. Related: Seaworthiness. Old English had særof "hardy at sea."