myEtymology.com: English etymology of microsurgery

Etymology of the English word microsurgery

the English word microsurgery

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

using the English prefix micro-

derived from the Greek word mikros, μικρός (small; small (in size, quantity, number or dignity))

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