Where does “neurochirurgia” come from?
neurochirurgia (Italian) comes from Italian chirurgia, from Latin chīrurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία, from Ancient Greek χειρουργέω, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός, from Ancient Greek -ουργός, from Ancient Greek ἔργον, from Proto-Hellenic wérgon — to make.
neurochirurgia (Italian): neurosurgery
Ancestry of “neurochirurgia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | chirurgia | surgery |
| 2 | Latin | chīrurgia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργία | working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργέω | to work with my hands; to do violence with my... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργός | craftsman; surgeon |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |