Etymograph

English

highbishop

Highbishop comes from Old English hēahbisċop ‘archbishop, pontiff’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150hēahbisċop‘archbishop, pontiff’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*heahbischopreconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1902highbishop

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150hēahbisċop‘archbishop, pontiff’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*heahbischopreconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1902highbishop

Earliest quotation: 1902, John Healy: “The Four Masters call him High-bishop of Connaught, because…”

A compound of high + bishop

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

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 hēahbisċop

Today it means

noun Archbishop.

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

Etymograph / Old English hēahbisċop / highbishop

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