Etymology

endosurgery

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Today it means: The field of minimally invasive internal surgery, such as endoscopies Full definition →

English surgery ← Middle English surgerie ← Old French surgerie
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  5. Latinchīrūrgia
  6. Old Frenchsurgie
  7. Old Frenchsurgerie
  8. Middle Englishsurgerie
  9. Englishsurgery
  10. English todayendosurgery

From endo- + surgery.

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