Etymology

From Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος ‎(arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- ‎(arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος ‎(epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω ‎(episkopéō, “I watch over”), from ἐπί ‎(epí, “over”), + σκοπέω ‎(skopéō, “I examine”).