myEtymology.com: French etymology of surgery

Etymology of the French word surgery

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

English surgery

Word found in Old French