cirugía

/θiɾuˈxia/ · B1 · noun · f

surgery

🔪🏥 Greek kheir (hand) + ergon (work): surgery is hand-work

Cirugía and English surgery are the same word: both come from Greek kheirourgia, hand-work. The chir- of chiropractor is that same hand, and the -urg- is the erg of energy. Spanish kept the i: ci-ru-GÍ-a, stress on the í.

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