Etymology

intrasurgical

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Today it means: Happening during the surgery. Full definition →

English surgical ← Middle English cirurgical ← Middle French cirurgica
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  9. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  12. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  13. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  14. Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
  15. Late Latinchīrurgicus
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Medieval Latincirurgicālis
  19. Middle Frenchcirurgica
  20. Middle Englishcirurgical
  21. Englishsurgical
  22. English todayintrasurgical

From intra- + surgical.

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