Where does “cirurgijn” come from?
cirurgijn (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French cirurgiien, from Vulgar Latin chirurgianus, from Latin chīrurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία, from Ancient Greek χειρουργέω, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός, from Ancient Greek -ουργός, from Ancient Greek ἔργον — to make.
Ancestry of “cirurgijn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cirurgiien | a doctor or surgeon |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | chirurgianus | surgical; related to surgery |
| 3 | Latin | chīrurgia | a surgery |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργία | working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργέω | to work with my hands; to do violence with my... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργός | craftsman; surgeon |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |