Etymograph

English

epitext

By surface analysis, epi- + text.

Equivalent to epi- + text

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Proto-Italic *teksō

…

Latin textus ‘style or texture of a work’

Medieval Latin textus ‘text’

Old French texte

Middle English text

English text

Today it means

noun Textual material which surrounds a work but is not part of the text or its peritext, including published interviews, private correspondence, diary entries and the like.

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

Etymograph / epitext