epilogue

/ˈepəˌlɔːɡ/EH-puh-lawg

/ˈɛpəˌlɔɡ/EH-puh-lawg

Meaninga word in addition

Common meaning: a closing section added to a book or play

epiupon; in addition
loga word, saying; reckoning, reasonLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 476 · scan
uespelling ending (via French)

‘upon’ + ‘a word, saying’ → epilogue

Journey through time

Greekλόγος (lógos)‘a word, saying’
Latinepilogus
Frenchepilogue
Englishepilogue‘a closing section added to a book or play’ · today

epi- also in: episode epistle epitaph epithet epitome

log also in: logic biology ecology geology zoology

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ‘a word, saying; reckoning, reason’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry λόγος (lógos), p. 476 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ANTHOLOGY, p. 26 · dictionary scan

Roots

λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek “a word, saying; reckoning, reason”

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