The story
- 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 Greekχειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)
- Latinchīrūrgia
- Old Frenchsurgie
- Old Frenchsurgerie
- Middle Englishsurgerie
- Englishsurgery
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholic
- English todaysurgiholic
From surgery + -holic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.