epigone

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπίγονος“offspring, descendant”
2. Latin · derived fromepigonus
3. French · derived fromépigone
4. English todayepigone

From French épigone, from Latin epigonus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”), from ἐπιγίγνομαι (epigígnomai, “to come after”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”), from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to become”).