Where does “surgien” come from?
surgien (Old French) comes 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, from Proto-Hellenic wérgon — to make.
surgien (Old French): a doctor or surgeon
Ancestry of “surgien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | chirurgianus | surgical; related to 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 |