surgeon
English
/ˈsɜːdʒən/, /ˈsɝdʒən/
noun
Definitions
- One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
- A surgeonfish.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English surgien borrowed from surgien derived from Latin *chīrurgiānus, chīrūrgia (surgery) derived from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (surgeon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χειρουργός
Gloss
surgeon
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cardiosurgeon English
- cryosurgeon English
- cybersurgeon English
- dermasurgeon English
- electrosurgeon English
- fish English
- microsurgeon English
- nanosurgeon English
- neurosurgeon English
- orthosurgeon English
- otosurgeon English
- psychosurgeon English
- supersurgeon English
- surgeoncy English
- surgeoness English
- surgeonfish English
- surgeonlike English
- surgeonly English
- surgeonry English
- surgeonship English
- telesurgeon English
- *chīrurgiānus Latin
- chirurgia Latin
- chirurgus Latin
- chīrurgia Latin
- chīrurgus Latin
- chīrūrgia Latin
- chīrūrgus Latin
- chirurgia French
- хирург Russian
- χείρ Ancient Greek
- χειρουργία Ancient Greek
- χειρουργίᾱ Ancient Greek
- χειρουργός Ancient Greek
- surgien Middle English
- máinlia Irish
- cirurgiien Old French
- surgien Old French
- χειρουργός Greek (modern)
- *cirurgião Old Portuguese
- cilurgia Old Portuguese
- cirulgia Old Spanish
- surgien xno