επίσκοπος
Greek (Cypriot)
noun
Definitions
- (religion) bishop
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐπίσκοπος
Gloss
overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer
Kanji
督
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archbishop English
- bishop English
- (e)biscopus, biscopus Latin
- episcopos Latin
- episcopus Latin
- episcopālis Latin
- епи́скоп Russian
- епископ Russian
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- biskop Norwegian Bokmål
- biskup Old Norse
- أُسْقُف Arabic
- episkop Serbo-Croatian
- епископ Serbo-Croatian
- arhiepiscop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- episcop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- αρχιεπίσκοπος Greek (modern)
- եպիսկոպոս Old Armenian
- епископ Bulgarian
- ეპისკოპოსი Georgian
- епископ Macedonian
- епіскап Belarusian
- vyskupas Lithuanian
- ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ Coptic
- *uskōpā Middle Persian
- אפיסקופא Aramaic
- superintendens la-ecc