Where does “chirurgie” come from?
chirurgie (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch cirurgie, from Old French cirurgie, from Latin chīrurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία, from Ancient Greek χειρουργέω, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός, from Ancient Greek -ουργός, from Ancient Greek ἔργον — to make.
chirurgie (Dutch): Surgery; a medical operation; surgery
Definitions
- Surgery; a medical operation; surgery
Ancestry of “chirurgie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | cirurgie | medicine |
| 2 | Old French | cirurgie | — |
| 3 | Latin | chīrurgia | a surgery |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργία | working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργέω | to work with my hands; to do violence with my... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργός | craftsman; surgeon |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |