Etymograph

English

epistome

New Latin epistoma, corresponding to epi- + -stome.

Formed from epi- + -stome

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Today it means

noun a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids

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

Etymograph / epistome