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English

laryngomicrosurgery

From laryngo- + microsurgery.

A compound of laryngo- + micro- + surgery + microsurgery

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr ‘hand’

Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər

Ancient Greek χείρ ‘hand’

Ancient Greek χειρουργός ‘craftsman’

Ancient Greek χειρουργέω ‘to work with one's hands’

Ancient Greek χειρουργίᾱ̆

Latin chīrūrgia

Old French surgie

Old French surgerie

Middle English surgerie ‘surgery’

English surgery

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- ‘hand’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr ‘hand’

Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər

Ancient Greek χείρ ‘hand’

Ancient Greek χειρουργός ‘craftsman’

Ancient Greek χειρουργέω ‘to work with one's hands’

Ancient Greek χειρουργίᾱ̆

Latin chīrūrgia

Old French surgie

Old French surgerie

Middle English surgerie ‘surgery’

English surgery

English microsurgery

Today it means

noun laryngeal microsurgery

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

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