The
name derives from the
Greek word "
episkopos", which literally means "
overseer" (epi-skopos, one who looks over), and which means (in the
church context) a
bishop.
Contrast "Presbyterian" (from "praesbuteros", which means "elder", and from which the word "priest" descends). Never mind that Presbyterians have ministers and not priests. Etymology is funky like that.