obispo
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Cebuano
Ilocano
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Late Latin episcopus (“overseer, bishop”) (compare Catalan bisbe, French évêque, Italian vescovo, Portuguese bispo, and ultimately English bishop), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “one who watches over, overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), from σκοπέω (skopéō, “I contemplate, behold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈbispo/, [oˈβispo]
- Rhymes: -ispo
Descendants
- Tagalog: obispo
References
- “obispo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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