Where does “pez cirujano” come from?
pez cirujano (Spanish) comes from Spanish cirujano, from Old Spanish cirugiano, from Vulgar Latin chirurgianus, from Latin chīrurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία, from Ancient Greek χειρουργέω, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός, from Ancient Greek -ουργός — to make.
pez cirujano (Spanish): surgeonfish
Definitions
- surgeonfish
Ancestry of “pez cirujano”, step by step
pez cirujano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cirujano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cirujano | surgeon |
| 2 | Old Spanish | cirugiano | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | chirurgianus | surgical; related to surgery |
| 4 | Latin | chīrurgia | a surgery |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργία | working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργέω | to work with my hands; to do violence with my... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργός | craftsman; surgeon |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |