English
episcopate
Episcopate comes from Late Latin episcopatus ‘bishopric, episcopate’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος ‘watching over’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπίσκοποςepískopos‘watching over’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepiscopus‘overseer, supervisor, bishop’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEepiscopatus‘bishopric, episcopate’
- Englishtodayepiscopate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπίσκοποςepískopos‘watching over’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepiscopus‘overseer, supervisor, bishop’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEepiscopatus‘bishopric, episcopate’
- Englishtodayepiscopate
Linked words
through Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος ‘watching over’
through Latin episcopus ‘overseer, supervisor, bishop’
Today it means
noun Bishops seen as a group.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος / episcopate