Where does “neurochirurgie” come from?
neurochirurgie (Romanian) comes from French neurochirurgie, from French chirurgie, 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.
neurochirurgie (Romanian): neurosurgery
Definitions
- neurosurgery
Ancestry of “neurochirurgie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | neurochirurgie | neurosurgery |
| 2 | French | chirurgie | Surgery, medical operation; That branch of... |
| 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 |