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Proctosurgical comes from Ancient Greek χειρουργῐκός ‘surgical, relating to surgery’, from χείρ ‘hand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰes-¹‘hand’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰésōr¹‘hand’reconstructed
3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʰéhər¹reconstructed
4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχείρ¹kheír‘hand’
5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχειρουργός¹kheirourgós‘surgeon’
6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχειρουργῐκός¹kheirourgĭkós‘surgical, relating to surgery’
7. Late Latinmodernchīrurgicus¹
8. Medieval Latinmoderncirurgicālis¹
9. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cirurgica¹
10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500cirurgical¹
11. English1500–presentsurgical¹
12. Englishearliest quotation 2015proctosurgical¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English proctosurgical
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Hepatitis C: “HCV can be transmitted sexually, such as through anal…”.