myEtymology.com: English etymology of epipetalous

Etymology of the English word epipetalous

the English word epipetalous

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 petalous

using the English suffix -ous

derived from the Latin suffix -osus

derived from the English word petal

derived from the New Latin word petalum

derived from the Greek word petalon, πέταλον

derived from the Greek word petannumi, πετάννυμι

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