surgeon

surgeon · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχειρουργός
2. Latin · derived fromchīrūrgia“surgery”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*chīrurgiānus
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromsurgien
5. Middle English · inherited fromsurgien
6. English todaysurgeon

From Middle English surgien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien, sirogen (Old French surgien et al.), from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), borrowed from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgeon.

Surgeon · proper noun²

Occupational surname from surgeon.

Words from the same roots