cirurgien

Middle English

Alternative forms

cirurgian, sirurgien, cyrurgien, cirurgen, cirurgion, cirurgean

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cirurgiien, borrowed itself from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from chīrurgia; equivalent to cirurgie +‎ -ien. Doublet of surgien.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sirurˈdʒiɛn/, /siˈrurdʒiən/, /siˈrurdʒin/

Noun

cirurgien (plural cirurgiens)

A surgeon; one who practices the art of surgery.

Descendants

English: chirurgeon (altered after Latin and Greek)

References

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

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