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Epilogue

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a short concluding section added at the end of a literary work
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Stage 1 of 2
epilogos
Greek · ancient
"a concluding speech"
literally words added after, from epi- (upon, after) and logos (speech)
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Stage 2 of 2
epilogue
English · 1400s
"a concluding section added to a literary work"
settled as the English word for a concluding section of a literary work
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