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Where does “urgentiste” come from?

urgentiste (French) comes from French urgent, from Latin urgentem, from Latin urgens, from Latin urgeo, from Proto-Italic worɣēō, from Proto-Indo-European w(o)rǵʰ-eye-, from Proto-Indo-European werǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

urgentiste (French): accident and emergency doctor

Definitions

  1. accident and emergency doctor

Ancestry of “urgentiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchurgenturgent
2Latinurgentemaccusative masculine singular of urgēns;...
3Latinurgensurging
4LatinurgeoI press, push, force, drive, urge; I weigh down,...
5Proto-Italicworɣēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanw(o)rǵʰ-eye-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵʰ-bind, squeeze; to bind, squeeze; to turn, twist,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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