Etymology of the English word epigone
the English word epigone
derived from the French word epigone
derived from the Greek word epigonos, ἐπίγονος
derived from the Byzantine Greek word epi, ἐπί (upon; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case); over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.)
derived from the Greek word genos, γένος ('kin' (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genə-
derived from the Greek word gignomai, γίγνομαι
derived from the Greek word gignesthai
