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Etymology of the English word episternum

the English word episternum
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 sternum
derived from the Latin word sternum
derived from the Greek word sternon, στέρνον (chest)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ster-




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