myEtymology.com: English etymology of chemosurgery

Etymology of the English word chemosurgery

the English word chemosurgery

using the English prefix chemo-

derived from the English word chemical

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khamithjan

derived from the New Latin prefix chemo-

derived from the Greek word chemeia, χημεία

derived from the English word surgery

derived from the Latin word ergon (work)

derived from the Late Greek word ergon, ἔργον (work)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werg-

derived from the Old French word surgery

derived from the Medieval Latin word chirurgia (from Greek cheir "hand; surgery; violent remedy)

derived from the Greek word cheirurgia

derived from the Greek word cheir, χείρ (hand; the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghes-

derived from the Greek word cheirourgia, χειρουργία

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