chirurgeon

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχειρουργός
2. Latin · derived fromchirurgia
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*chīrurgiānus
4. Old French · derived fromcirurgiien
5. Middle English · inherited fromcirurgien
6. English todaychirurgeon

From Middle English cirurgien, borrowed from Old French cirurgiien, itself borrowed from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus or formed from the root of cirurgie, borrowed from Latin chirurgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós). Doublet of surgeon.

Words from the same roots