English
epistyle
Epistyle comes from Latin epistylium ‘architrave, crossbeam’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepistylium‘architrave, crossbeam’
- Englishtodayepistyle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepistylium‘architrave, crossbeam’
- Englishtodayepistyle
The story
Latin epistylium, Ancient Greek: compare French épistyle.
Every English word from Latin epistylium
Today it means
noun A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; an architrave.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin epistylium / epistyle