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Etymology of the English word epitrochoid

the English word epitrochoid

derived from the English word trochoid

derived from the Greek word trochoeides, τροχοειδής

derived from the Greek word trochos, τροχός (wheel, pulley; a wheel (as a runner); a circuit of physical effects)

derived from the Greek word trechein, τρέχω

using the Late Greek suffix -eides, -ειδής

derived from the Greek word eidos, εἶδος (form, likeness, appearance, resemblance; a view; form )

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

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.)