Etymology · Ancient Greek
ἤπειρος
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek ἤπειρος, most common first.
- EpirusA historical region and ancient kingdom in Southeastern Europe, today split politically between northwestern Greece and southwestern Albania.
- epeiricDescribing the part of a sea that lies over a continental shelf
- epeirogenesisFormation of continents, ocean basins and plateaus via movements of earth's crust.