epidemy
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ipedemye, impedyme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French epydimie, epydemie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ypidime, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin epidemia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). Compare French épidémie.
Noun
epidemy (plural epidemies)