epitome

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπιτομή“an abridgment, also a surface-incision”
2. Latin · derived fromepitomē
3. English todayepitome

From Middle French, from Latin epitomē, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), from ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō, “to cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).