episcopus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (Late Latin) an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian church who governs a diocese
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- Piscopo English
- antibishop English
- archbishop English
- bishop English
- bishopdom English
- bishopess English
- bishophood English
- bishopless English
- bishoplike English
- bishoply English
- bishopric English
- cobishop English
- even-bishop English
- highbishop English
- prince bishop English
- unbishop English
- piispa Finnish
- (e)biscopus, biscopus Latin
- biscopus Latin
- episcopalis Latin
- episcopatus Latin
- episcopos Latin
- episcopālis Latin
- Bischof German
- püspök Hungarian
- antivescovo Italian
- arcivescovo Italian
- episcopo Italian
- protovescovo Italian
- vescovile Italian
- vescovo Italian
- bisschoppelijk Dutch, Flemish
- episcopaat Dutch, Flemish
- épiscopal French
- évêque French
- епи́скоп Russian
- епископ Russian
- episcopal Spanish, Castilian
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- biskop Norwegian Bokmål
- bispo Portuguese
- episcopal Portuguese
- epíscopo Portuguese
- ビショップ Japanese
- biskup Polish
- episkopat Polish
- biskop Norwegian Nynorsk
- arcebiscop Old English
- biscop Old English
- biscopdom Old English
- biscophad Old English
- biscoprice Old English
- biscopwyrt Old English
- bisċop Old English
- bischop Middle English
- episcopal Middle English
- Giolla Easpaig Irish
- easpag Irish
- biskup Old Norse
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdómr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskup Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- biskop Danish
- أُسْقُف Arabic
- evesque Old French
- episkopino Esperanto
- episkopo Esperanto
- ĉefepiskopo Esperanto
- biskup Serbo-Croatian
- episkop Serbo-Croatian
- епископ Serbo-Croatian
- bisbat Catalan, Valencian
- bisbe Catalan, Valencian
- episcopal Catalan, Valencian
- biskup Icelandic
- bispo Galician
- arhiepiscop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- บิชอป Thai
- επίσκοπος Greek (modern)
- esgob Welsh
- bischop Middle Dutch
- bisscoplijc Middle Dutch
- biscof Old High German
- եպիսկոպոս Old Armenian
- episkopo Ido
- epscop Old Irish
- Gille Easbuig Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- easbaig Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- biskupur Faroese
- aspick Manx
- епископ Bulgarian
- bischof Middle High German
- Bëschof Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- peshkop Albanian
- upeshk Albanian
- בישאָף Yiddish
- biskop Old Dutch
- bispo Old Portuguese
- ეპისკოპოსი Georgian
- епископ Macedonian
- biskup Slovak
- biskoper Old Swedish
- bisp Old Swedish
- 비숍 Korean
- епіскап Belarusian
- бискоупъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vescul Friulian
- vyskupas Lithuanian
- biskop Western Frisian
- ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ Coptic
- biscop Old Frisian
- *uskōpā Middle Persian
- bisop Tok Pisin
- arc'heskob Breton
- eskob Breton
- eskobel Breton
- eskopti Breton
- אפיסקופא Aramaic
- pascu Dalmatian
- arcepiscopo Neapolitan
- piscopo Neapolitan
- escop Old Welsh
- superintendens la-ecc