English

epicellular

From epi- + cellular.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover’

Latin cella ‘a small room, a hut, storeroom’

New Latin cellula ‘cell’

New Latin cellulāris

Today it means

adj (of bacteria) Living in close proximity to but not inside the host cell.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / epicellular