surgien

Middle English

Alternative forms

• surgean, surgian, sergien, surgyen, surgiene, sorjoun, surgyn

Etymology

Borrowed Old French surgien, itself inherited from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrurgia. Doublet of cirurgien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /surˈdʒiɛn/, /ˈsurdʒiən/, /ˈsurdʒin/

Noun

surgien (plural surgiens)

1. A surgeon; one who practices the art of surgery.
2. (rare) One who restores one's health.

Descendants

• English: surgeon
• Scots: surgeon

References

• “cirurǧien, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-30.

Old French

Alternative forms

• cerorgien, ceorgien, sirogen

Etymology

A contraction of earlier cerorgien, inherited from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrurgia, from chīrurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós). Doublet of cirurgiien.

Noun

surgien oblique singular, m (oblique plural surgiens, nominative singular surgiens, nominative plural surgien)

1. a doctor or surgeon

Descendants

• → Middle English: surgien
  • English: surgeon
• Middle French: surgien
• Norman: seurgien