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- Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
- Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
- Englishneuro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
- Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
- Proto-Hellenic*worgós
- Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)
- Latinchīrūrgia
- Old Frenchsurgie
- Old Frenchsurgerie
- Middle Englishsurgerie
- Englishsurgery
- English todayneurosurgery
From neuro- + surgery.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.