Reconstruction:Old Galician-Portuguese/cirurgião

This Old Galician-Portuguese entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cilurgião
• celorgião, *cerorgião

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin derivative (cf. *chirurgianus) of Latin chīrurgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siɾuɾd͡ʒiˈã.u/

Noun

*cirurgião m (plural *cirurgiães)

1. chirurgeon, doctor, surgeon

Descendants

• Galician: cirurxián
• Portuguese: cirurgião