surgery

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1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
4. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
5. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
6. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
7. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
8. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
9. Ancient Greekχειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
10. Ancient Greekχειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)
11. Latinchīrūrgia
12. Old Frenchsurgie
13. Old Frenchsurgerie
14. Middle Englishsurgerie
15. English todaysurgery

From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.

Words from the same roots