The story
- Old English · inherited fromhēahbisċop“archbishop, pontiff; (Jewish) high-priest”
- Middle English · inherited from*heahbischop
- English todayhighbishop
From Middle English *heahbischop, from Old English hēahbisċop (“archbishop, pontiff; (Jewish) high-priest”), equivalent to high + bishop.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.