Etymograph

English

hydrosurgery

From hydro- + surgery.

Formed from hydro- + surgery

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

English hydro-

Ancient Greek χειρουργία

Latin chīrūrgia ‘a surgery’

Old French surgerie

Middle English surgerie

English surgery

Today it means

noun A form of surgery in which small jets of water are employed to debride damaged tissue

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hydrosurgery