Etymology of the English word psychosurgery
the English word
psychosurgeryderived from the English word
surgeryderived 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
surgeryderived from the Medieval Latin word
chirurgia (from Greek cheir "hand; surgery; violent remedy)
derived from the Greek word
cheirurgiaderived 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-using the English prefix
psycho-derived from the Greek word
psuche, ψυχή (breath; spirit, abstractly or concretely)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhes-Usage
Word found in Modern English
