English

epioccipital

From epi- + occipital.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’

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Latin caput ‘the head’

Latin occiput ‘the back of the head, occiput’

Medieval Latin occipitālis

Middle French occipital

Today it means

adj Above the occipital bone

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

Etymograph / epioccipital