Etymology

nonsurgically

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Today it means: In a nonsurgical manner; not by means of surgery. Full definition →

English surgically ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  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. Englishnonsurgical
  31. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  32. Proto-Germanic*līką
  33. Englishnon-
  34. Englishsurgical
  35. Englishsurgically
  36. English todaynonsurgically

From nonsurgical + -ly or non- + surgically.

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