Etymograph

English

even-bishop

Even-bishop comes from Old English efenbisceop ‘a co-bishop’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150efenbisceop‘a co-bishop’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*evenbishopreconstructed
  3. Englishtodayeven-bishop

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150efenbisceop‘a co-bishop’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*evenbishopreconstructed
  3. Englishtodayeven-bishop

Formed from even- + bishop

Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ém-no- ‘equal, straight’

Proto-Germanic *ebnaz ‘equal, even’

Proto-West Germanic *ebna- ‘like-, level, equal-’

English even-

Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος ‘overseer’

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Vulgar Latin biscopus

Proto-West Germanic *biskop

Old English bisċop ‘bishop’

Middle English bischop

English bishop

Every English word from Old English efenbisceop

Today it means

noun A co-bishop; a coadjutor bishop.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English efenbisceop / even-bishop

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