Where does “obsequiate” come from?
obsequiate (English) comes from English obsequious, from Latin obsequiosus, from Latin obsequium, from Latin obsequor, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
obsequiate (English): To be obsequious to (someone)
Definitions
- To be obsequious to (someone)
Ancestry of “obsequiate”, step by step
obsequiate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English obsequious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | obsequious | Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or... |
| 2 | Latin | obsequiosus | obsequious, complaisant, complying |
| 3 | Latin | obsequium | Complaisance, yielding, compliance; deference,... |
| 4 | Latin | obsequor | I accommodate myself to the will of another... |
| 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 |
via English ate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ate | simple past tense of eat; past participle of eat |
| 2 | Middle English | et | — |
| 3 | Old English | æt | eating; at a certain place; at a certain time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | āt | name |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |