vyskupas

Lithuanian

noun

Definitions

bishop church official

Etymology

Derived 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
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
επίσκοπος Greek (modern)
եպիսկոպոս Old Armenian
епископ Bulgarian
ეპისკოპოსი Georgian
епископ Macedonian
епіскап Belarusian
ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ Coptic
*uskōpā Middle Persian
אפיסקופא Aramaic
superintendens la-ecc