The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπιδερμίς
- Latin · borrowed fromepidermis
- English todayepidermis
Borrowed from Latin epidermis, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís), ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Equivalent to epi- + dermis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.