Where does “obedient” come from?
Obedient comes from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediens, derived from Latin oboedio, which combines Latin audio with Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
obedient (English): Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or...
Definitions
- Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or...
Ancestry of “obedient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | obedient | obedient |
| 2 | Old French | obedient | obedient |
| 3 | Latin | oboediēns | obeying, obedient |
| 4 | Latin | oboedio | to obey, yield obedience to; to be subject to, to... |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |