Etymology

viscosurgical

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Today it means: Describing any viscoelastic material used in eye surgery. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishvisco-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  5. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  8. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  9. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  10. Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
  11. Late Latinchīrurgicus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Medieval Latincirurgicālis
  15. Middle Frenchcirurgica
  16. Middle Englishcirurgical
  17. Englishsurgical
  18. English todayviscosurgical

From visco- + surgical.

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