The story
- Old English · inherited fromarċebisċeoprīce
- Middle English · inherited fromerchebischopriche
- English todayarchbishopric
From Middle English erchebischopriche, from Old English arċebisċeoprīce, arċebisċoprīċe, equivalent to archbishop + -ric.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.