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"surgery (the medical field)" in seven languages

Meaningsurgery (the medical field)

Spanish

cirugía

/θiɾuˈxia/

fem.learned

French

chirurgie

/ʃiʁyʁʒi/

fem.learned

Italian

chirurgia

/kirurˈdʒia/

fem.learned

Portuguese

cirurgia

/siɾuhˈʒiɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

chirurgie

/kirurˈdʒie/

fem.learned

Catalan

cirurgia

/siɾuɾˈʒiə/

fem.learned

English

surgery

/ˈsɝdʒɚi/

from Latin/French · Old French cirurgie

English → Italiansurgery (the medical field)chirurgiaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CHĪRŪRGIAM (Greek kheirourgía)‘handiwork, surgery’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Greek kheirourgía is 'hand-work' (kheir 'hand' + ergon 'work'). English wore it down to surgery and Spanish to cirugía; French and Italian keep the Greek ch.

English relatives: surgeon, chiropractor

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In a sentence

  • esEs especialista en cirugía cardíaca.
  • frIl est spécialiste en chirurgie cardiaque.
  • itÈ specialista in chirurgia cardiaca.
  • ptEle é especialista em cirurgia cardíaca.
  • roEste specialist în chirurgie cardiacă.
  • caÉs especialista en cirurgia cardíaca.
  • enHe specializes in heart surgery.

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