myEtymology.com: English etymology of epipelagic

Etymology of the English word epipelagic

the English word epipelagic

using the English prefix epi-

derived from the Greek prefix epi-, ἐπι-

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 English word pelagic

derived from the Latin word pelagicus

derived from the Greek word pelagikos

derived from the Greek word pelagos, πέλαγος (deep or open sea; the main)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plak-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plāk-

derived from the Greek word pe΄lagos

Usage

Word found in Modern English