Meaning

noun a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

noun a short passage added at the end of a literary work

originBorrowed from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equivalent to epi- + -logue.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0