English

epispinal

From epi- + spinal.

Formed from epi- + spinal

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’

Proto-Italic *speinā ‘thorn’

Latin spīna ‘a prickle, spine’

Late Latin spīnālis ‘of or belonging to the spine’

Today it means

adj On the spinal cord

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

Etymograph / epispinal