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- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- 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 Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
- Late Latinchīrurgicus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latincirurgicālis
- Middle Frenchcirurgica
- Middle Englishcirurgical
- Englishsurgical
- Englishpresurgical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- English todaypresurgically
From presurgical + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.