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Merriam Webster's

or ep- prefix Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from epi on, at, besides, after; akin to Old English eofot crime 1. upon <epiphyte> ; besides <epiphenomenon> ; attached to <epididymis> ; over <epicenter> ; outer <epiblast> ; after <epigenesis> 2. a. chemical entity related to (such) another <epimer> b. chemical entity distinguished from (such) another by having a bridge connection <epichlorohydrin>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

prefix (usu. ep- before a vowel or h) 1 upon (epicycle). 2 above (epicotyl). 3 in addition (epiphenomenon). Etymology: Gk epi (prep.)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Epi- Ep"i- [Gr. 'epi` on, upon, to; akin to Skr. api besides, and prob. to L. ob to, before, on account of, and perh. to E. of, off.] A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.