epi-
prefix
- (upon, above)
Wiktionary
prefix
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der. English epi- Derived from Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-), from ἐπί (epí).
- Above in location or position.
“epi- + littoral → epilittoral”
“epi- + nasal → epinasal”
- Upon, atop, directly on top of in terms of position.
“epi- + benthos → epibenthos”
“epi- + petro + -ic → epipetric”
- Relating to epigenetics.
“epi- + chromosomal → epichromosomal”
“epi- + clone → epiclone”
- Secondary: a consequence, by-product, additional, or lesser version.
“epi- + language → epilanguage”
“epi- + phenomenon → epiphenomenon”
- A part or segment that is located on the upper part of an object.
“epi- + karst → epikarst”
“epi- + phase → epiphase”
- A part or location that is outer, particularly an outer layer.
“epi- + dermis → epidermis”
“epi- + pleuron → epipleuron”
- Denotes an epimeric form.
“epi- + cedrol → epicedrol”
“epi- + cholesterol → epicholesterol”
- Located on the surface.
“epi- + fascial → epifascial”
“epi- + -limnion → epilimnion”
- Epibiotic: an organism that lives on another organism.
“epi- + parasitism → epiparasitism”
“epi- + symbiont → episymbiont”
- Outward in direction or projection.
“epi- + -gnathous → epignathous”
“epi- + nasty → epinasty”
- More, above a usual quantity, additional in quantity.
“epi- + cadmium → epicadmium”
“epi- + demic → epidemic”
- Beyond, meta, transcending.
“epi- + muscular → epimuscular”
“epi- + language → epilanguage”
- Epidemiology
“epi- + zootic → epizootic”
“epi- + ornith- + -ic → epornitic”
- Near in position.
“epi- + cellular → epicellular”
“epi- + stellar → epistellar”
- Outranking, above in rank.
“epi- + family → epifamily”
“epi- + phyletic → epiphyletic”
- Surrounding in position: the edges of the root entity.
“epi- + fascicular → epifascicular”
“epi- + macular → epimacular”
- Covering: the root entity is covered.
“epi- + glottis → epiglottis”
“epi- + spore → epispore”
- After in time.
“epi- + classical → epiclassical”
“epi- + genesis → epigenesis”
- Overlapping in position.
“epi- + lobous → epilobous”
“epi- + pharynx → epipharynx”
- Mapping onto, passing along, resolving to.
“epi- + morphism → epimorphism”
“epi- + plexis → epiplexis”
- Top: a part that is positioned at the uppermost of multiple levels.
“epi- + pelagic → epipelagic”
“epi- + plankton → epiplankton”
- Front or anterior in position.
“epi- + cnemial → epicnemial”
“epi- + plastron → epiplastron”
- Entirety, a system being referred to as a whole.
“epi- + chaperome → epichaperome”
“epi- + organism → epiorganism”
- Outside of in position.
“epi- + dural → epidural”
“epi- + skeletal → episkeletal”
- Shallow in depth.
“epi- + thermal → epithermal”
“epi- + cortex → epicortex”
- Similar, in the same form of, resembling.
“epi- + morphic → epimorphic”
“epi- + ascidiate → epiascidiate”
- Upwards in direction or growth.
“epi- + phallus → epiphallus”
“epi- + film → epifilm”