Etymology

psychosurgery

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Today it means: Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness. Full definition →

English surgery ← Middle English surgerie ← Old French surgerie
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  6. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  7. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  10. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  11. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  12. Ancient Greekχειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
  13. Ancient Greekχειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)
  14. Latinchīrūrgia
  15. Old Frenchsurgie
  16. Old Frenchsurgerie
  17. Middle Englishsurgerie
  18. Englishsurgery
  19. English todaypsychosurgery

From psycho- + surgery.

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