Where does “microradiosurgery” come from?
microradiosurgery (English) comes from English radiosurgery, from English surgery, from Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chīrurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία, from Ancient Greek χειρουργέω, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός — to make.
microradiosurgery (English): radiosurgery using a very narrow beam
Definitions
- radiosurgery using a very narrow beam
Ancestry of “microradiosurgery”, step by step
microradiosurgery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radiosurgery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radiosurgery | The use of a directed beam of X-rays or other... |
| 2 | English | surgery | A procedure involving major incisions to remove,... |
| 3 | Middle English | surgerie | surgery |
| 4 | Old French | surgerie | — |
| 5 | Latin | chīrurgia | a surgery |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργία | working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργέω | to work with my hands; to do violence with my... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργός | craftsman; surgeon |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |