alsubispo

Tagalog

Etymology

Early borrowing of Spanish arzobispo (“archbishop”), from Old Spanish arçobispo, from Late Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalsubisˈpo/ [ʔɐl.sʊ.bɪsˈpo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: al‧su‧bis‧po

Noun

alsubispó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ) (Christianity)

1. Obsolete form of arsobispo.

Further reading

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 448: “...ang ſiniol alſobiſpo...”