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 (“surgery”) +‎ -ien (“-ian”). Doublet of surgien.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cirurgien (plural cirurgiens)

1. 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 30 November 2018.