Etymology

supramicrosurgery

Today it means: Synonym of supermicrosurgery. Full definition →

English microsurgery ← Middle English surgerie ← Old French surgerie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Proto-Italic*superos
  5. Proto-Italic*superād
  6. Old Latinsuprād
  7. Latinsuprā
  8. Latinsupra-
  9. Englishsupra-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  12. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  13. Englishmicro-
  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 Greekχειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
  23. Ancient Greekχειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)
  24. Latinchīrūrgia
  25. Old Frenchsurgie
  26. Old Frenchsurgerie
  27. Middle Englishsurgerie
  28. Englishsurgery
  29. Englishmicrosurgery
  30. English todaysupramicrosurgery

From supra- + microsurgery.

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