Where does “medicochirurgical” come from?
medicochirurgical (English) comes from English chirurgical, from Middle English cirurgical, from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin cirurgicalis, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία, from Ancient Greek χειρουργέω, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός, from Ancient Greek -ουργός — to make.
medicochirurgical (English): Relating to medicine and surgery
Definitions
- Relating to medicine and surgery
Ancestry of “medicochirurgical”, step by step
medicochirurgical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chirurgical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chirurgical | Surgical |
| 2 | Middle English | cirurgical | surgical |
| 3 | Middle French | cirurgical | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cirurgicalis | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργία | working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργέω | to work with my hands; to do violence with my... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργός | craftsman; surgeon |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via English medico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | medico | A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a... |