English

epicortical

From epi- + cortical.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- ‘to cut’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s

Latin cortex ‘bark’

Today it means

adj Above a cortex; relating to the epicortex

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

Etymograph / epicortical