epitaph

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπιτάφιος“relating to a funeral”
2. Late Latin · derived fromepitaphium“eulogy”
3. Old French · derived fromepitafe
4. English todayepitaph

From Old French epitafe, from Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis epi- + -taph. Compare epitaph.