Where does “surgeon-dentist” come from?
surgeon-dentist (English) comes from English surgeon, from Middle English surgien, from Anglo-Norman surgien, from Old French surgien, from Vulgar Latin chirurgianus, from Latin chīrurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία, from Ancient Greek χειρουργέω — to make.
surgeon-dentist (English): A dental surgeon
Definitions
- A dental surgeon
Ancestry of “surgeon-dentist”, step by step
surgeon-dentist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surgeon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surgeon | One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs... |
| 2 | Middle English | surgien | A surgeon; one who practices the art of surgery;... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | surgien | a doctor or surgeon |
| 4 | Old French | surgien | a doctor or surgeon |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | chirurgianus | surgical; related to surgery |
| 6 | Latin | chīrurgia | a surgery |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργία | working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργέω | to work with my hands; to do violence with my... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργός | craftsman; surgeon |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via English dentist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dentist | A medical doctor who specializes in dentistry |
| 2 | French | dentiste | dentist |
| 3 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 4 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 5 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 6 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 7 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 8 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |