Where does “microsurgery” come from?
microsurgery (English) comes 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, from Ancient Greek -ουργός — to make.
microsurgery (English): Relating to techniques of surgery on very small...
Definitions
- Relating to techniques of surgery on very small...
Ancestry of “microsurgery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surgery | A procedure involving major incisions to remove,... |
| 2 | Middle English | surgerie | surgery |
| 3 | Old French | surgerie | — |
| 4 | Latin | chīrurgia | a surgery |
| 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 |