Etymograph

English

epicline

From epi- + -cline.

Formed from epi + cline

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ‘to incline’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥-né-y-ti ‘to lean’

Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō

Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω ‘to lean, incline’

English cline

Today it means

noun The region above a slope or boundary

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

Etymograph / epicline