Etymology of the English word epigraphy
the English word epigraphy
derived from the English word epigraph
derived from the Greek word epigraphe, ἐπιγραφή (an inscription)
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 epigraphein, ἐπιγράφω
using the English suffix -y