EPITAPH

noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~ium, from Latin, funeral oration, from Greek ~ion, from epi- + taphos tomb, funeral Date: 14th century an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there, a brief statement commemorating or epitomizing a deceased person or something past, ~ial adjective ~ic adjective