Etymology

immunosurgical

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Today it means: Relating to immunosurgery. Full definition →

English surgical ← Middle English cirurgical ← Middle French cirurgica
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  16. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  17. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  18. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  20. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  21. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  22. Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
  23. Late Latinchīrurgicus
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  26. Medieval Latincirurgicālis
  27. Middle Frenchcirurgica
  28. Middle Englishcirurgical
  29. Englishsurgical
  30. English todayimmunosurgical

From immuno- + surgical.

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