Etymology of the French word épigone
the French word épigone
derived from the Greek word epigonos, ἐπίγονος
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 genos, γένος ('kin' (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genə-
derived from the Greek word gignomai, γίγνομαι
derived from the Greek word gignesthai
