The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπίσκοπος“overseer”
- Latin · derived fromepiscopus“bishop”
- Albanian · borrowed fromPeshkopi
- English todayPeshkopi
Borrowed from Albanian Peshkopi, from peshkop (“bishop”), through Vulgar Latin from Latin episcopus (“bishop”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).
Words from the same roots
Latinepiscopus all →
episcopalGillespieepiscopateepiscopophobia
Ancient Greekἐπίσκοπος all →
bishopsuperintendentepiscopalepiscopate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.