Where does “criocirurgia” come from?
criocirurgia (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cirurgia, from Old Portuguese cilurgia, 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.
criocirurgia (Portuguese): cryosurgery
Definitions
- cryosurgery
Ancestry of “criocirurgia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cirurgia | surgery |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cilurgia | — |
| 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 |