Etymology

unsurgical

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Today it means: Not surgical. Full definition →

English surgical ← Middle English cirurgical ← Middle French cirurgica
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  10. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  11. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  14. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  15. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  16. Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
  17. Late Latinchīrurgicus
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Medieval Latincirurgicālis
  21. Middle Frenchcirurgica
  22. Middle Englishcirurgical
  23. Englishsurgical
  24. English todayunsurgical

From un- + surgical.

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