Middle English word bishop comes from Latin episcopus, and later Old English biscop (Bishop.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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episcopus | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin) an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian church who governs a diocese. (Medieval Latin, chess, uncommon) a bishop. |
ebiscopus | Latin (lat) | |
biscopus | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
biscop | Old English (ang) | Bishop. |
biscop | Middle English (enm) |