Masculine
surgeon
Meaning
- (masculine) shoot (new growth from the trunk of a tree)
- (figuratively, masculine) offshoot, rebirth (something that is reborn or grows out of something else again)
- (archaic, masculine) offspring, progeny (descendant of someone)
Synonyms
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/syʁ.ʒɔ̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French sourgon, sourjon, from Old French sorjon, sourjon (“source”) (1200s), from a conjugated form of sourdre (see sourjant) + -on, from Latin surgere. The modern spelling dates from 1541.
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