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Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí)

Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-)

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)

Swahili askofu

Borrowed from Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf).[1]

askofu class V (plural maaskofu class VI)

1. bishop

• askofu mkuu (“archbishop”)
• uaskofu (“bishopship”)

1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 13 Nr. 68