Etymology

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Ancient Greek ἐπί
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπί“on top of”
  2. English todayep-

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἐπί all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.