Where does “surgeonlike” come from?
surgeonlike (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.
surgeonlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a surgeon
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a surgeon
Ancestry of “surgeonlike”, step by step
surgeonlike 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 like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |