surgerie

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French surgerie; a modification of surgie, from Latin chīrurgia. Doublet of cirurgie. Almost all forms have been remodelled to incorporate the suffix -erie (a process that happened already before the word was borrowed into Middle English).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsurdʒɛriː(ə)/
  • (rare) IPA(key): /ˈsurdʒiː(ə)/

Noun

surgerie (uncountable)

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

Descendants

  • English: surgery

References

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