Where does “cirurgie” come from?
cirurgie (Middle English) comes from Old French cirurgie, 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.
cirurgie (Middle English): surgery
Definitions
- surgery
Ancestry of “cirurgie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cirurgie | — |
| 2 | Latin | chīrurgia | a surgery |
| 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 |