Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French cirurgie, borrowed itself from Latin chīrurgia. Doublet of surgerie. At least one form has been remodelled to incorporate the suffix -erie (a process that happened already before the word was borrowed into Middle English).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sirurˈd͡ʒiː(ə)/, /siˈrurd͡ʒiː(ə)/

Noun

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cirurgie (uncountable)

  1. surgery (the part of medicine related to performing surgical operations)

Descendants

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  • English: chirurgy (altered after Latin and Greek)

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