ep‧i‧taph /ˈepətɑːf, ˈepɪtɑːf $ -tæf/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: French;
Origin: épitaphe, from Greek epitaphion, from epi- (epicenter) + taphos 'tomb, funeral']
a short piece of writing on the stone over someone’s
grave (=place in the ground where someone is buried) [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲