English

epilittoral

From epi- + littoral.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Late Latin litus ‘strand, shore, beach’

Late Latin littoralis

Today it means

adj Above a littoral zone

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

Etymograph / epilittoral