surgien

Middle English

Alternative forms

surgean, surgian, sergien, surgyen, surgiene, sorjoun, surgyn

Etymology

Borrowed Old French surgien, itself inherited from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrurgia. Doublet of cirurgien.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /surˈdʒiɛn/, /ˈsurdʒiən/, /ˈsurdʒin/

Noun

surgien (plural surgiens)

A surgeon; one who practices the art of surgery.
(rare) One who restores one's health.

Descendants

English: surgeon
Scots: surgeon

References

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

Old French

Alternative forms

cerorgien, ceorgien, sirogen

Etymology

A contraction of earlier cerorgien, inherited from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrurgia, from chīrurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós). Doublet of cirurgiien.

Noun

surgien oblique singular, m (oblique plural surgiens, nominative singular surgiens, nominative plural surgien)

a doctor or surgeon

Descendants

→ Middle English: surgien
- English: surgeon
Middle French: surgien
Norman: seurgien

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