Where does “poisson-chirurgien” come from?
poisson-chirurgien (French) comes from French chirurgien, from Middle French chirurgien, from Old French cirurgiien, from Vulgar Latin chirurgianus, from Latin chīrurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία, from Ancient Greek χειρουργέω, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός — to make.
poisson-chirurgien (French): surgeonfish
Definitions
- surgeonfish
Ancestry of “poisson-chirurgien”, step by step
poisson-chirurgien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chirurgien
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chirurgien | a surgeon, a doctor who performs surgery |
| 2 | Middle French | chirurgien | a surgeon, a doctor who performs surgery |
| 3 | Old French | cirurgiien | a doctor or surgeon |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | chirurgianus | surgical; related to surgery |
| 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 |
via French Poisson
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Poisson | fish marine animal |
| 2 | Middle French | poisson | fish |
| 3 | Old French | poisson | fish |
| 4 | Old French | peis | Alternative form of pais; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pesum | — |
| 6 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |