English

epicone

From epi- + cone.

Formed from epi- + cone

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Ancient Greek κῶνος ‘cone, spinning top, pine cone’

Medieval Latin cōnus

Middle English cone ‘corner, angle’

English cone

Today it means

noun Synonym of epitheca.

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