Etymology

chirurgical

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Middle English cirurgical ← Middle French cirurgical ← Medieval Latin chirurgicālis
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromchirurgicālis
  2. Middle French · derived fromcirurgical
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcirurgical
  4. English todaychirurgical

From Middle English cirurgical, from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin chirurgicālis.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishcirurgical all →

surgical

Middle Frenchcirurgical all →

surgical

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