Cesarean Sections Were Not Named for Caesar

One widespread and simple to comprehend etymology myth is that Julius Caesar is credited with creating the Cesarean section, sometimes known as a C-section. Given how similar the names are and the widespread belief that Caesar was born by C-section, it's simple to accept as true. Why wouldn't it have his name in it?

He wasn't the first child to be born that way by any means, since it was documented in texts from the Hindu, Chinese, Egyptian, and Roman cultures, among others. Even before he was born, there was a legislation in place that prohibited doing them. Additionally, Caesar probably wasn't even delivered by c-section.

In Caesar's time, a c-section was typically done to save a baby after the mother had already passed away or was about to do so because it was unlikely that she would survive the procedure. Caesar's mother, though, survived a long time.

Therefore, why Caesar? It probably derives from the verb caedare, which means "to cut." Julius Caesar was named for the surgery, not the other way around, according to Pliny the Elder, who also indicated that his name was actually derived from an ancestor who had been born by the process.