Etymograph

English

epirelief

From epi- + relief.

Formed from epi- + relief

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Latin levis ‘light, not heavy’

Latin levō ‘to lift, raise; to lighten’

Latin relevō ‘to raise up’

Old French relever ‘to relieve’

Old French relief ‘assistance’

English relief

Today it means

noun positive relief, in which a fossil protrudes up from the surface

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

Etymograph / epirelief