obsequious
English
/əbˈsiːkwi.əs/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
- Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
- (obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.
Etymology
Derived from Latin obsequiōsus (complaisant, obsequious) root from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sekʷ-
Gloss
follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- associational English
- associative English
- associativity English
- biosignature English
- consequential English
- consequentiality English
- consequentially English
- consequentialness English
- consequently English
- consequentness English
- designative English
- disassociate English
- disassociation English
- dissociative English
- electrocute English
- electrocution English
- electrocutioner English
- ensue English
- executable English
- execute English
- execution English
- executioner English
- executrix English
- inconsequential English
- inconsequentiality English
- inconsequentially English
- inconsequentialness English
- inconsequently English
- inconsequentness English
- main sequence English
- non sequitur English
- non-sequential English
- nonextrinsic English
- nonsequential English
- nonsequentiality English
- nonsequentially English
- obsequiously English
- obsequiousness English
- obsequy English
- preassociative English
- prosecution English
- prosecutor English
- sequaciously English
- sequaciousness English
- sequenceless English
- sequencer English
- sequential English
- sequestrable English
- sequestrate English
- sequestrator English
- show English
- signage English
- subsequence English
- subsequential English
- subsequentially English
- subsequently English
- subsequentness English
- unobsequious English
- unobsequiousness English
- assequī Latin
- associō Latin
- consequentem, consequens Latin
- consequentia Latin
- consequī, consequor, cōnsequor Latin
- designatio Latin
- designatus Latin
- dissociat- Latin
- dissociātiō Latin
- et seq. Latin
- executivus Latin
- execūtor Latin
- exsequiae Latin
- exsequiae, exsequia Latin
- exsequor Latin
- exsequī Latin
- extrinsecus Latin
- inconsequens Latin
- insignis Latin
- intrīnsecus Latin
- nolle prosequi Latin
- obsequiōsus Latin
- persecutus, persequor Latin
- persequor Latin
- prōsecūtus Latin
- prōsequor Latin
- secundae Latin
- secundus Latin
- secus Latin
- sequacitas Latin
- sequax Latin
- sequela Latin
- sequens Latin
- sequentem Latin
- sequester Latin
- sequestro Latin
- sequestrō Latin
- sequi Latin
- sequor Latin
- sequēla Latin
- signatorius Latin
- signatura Latin
- signatus Latin
- signum Latin
- socius Latin
- subsequentis Latin
- īnsequī Latin
- īnsignia Latin
- īnsīgnia Latin
- ossequioso Italian
- association French
- en suite French
- obséquieux French
- suite French
- obsequioso Spanish, Castilian
- seguidilla Spanish, Castilian
- ἐνέπω Ancient Greek
- ἐφέπω Ancient Greek
- ἕπομαι Ancient Greek
- ὀπάων Ancient Greek
- *(s)peḱje/o Proto-Indo-European
- *enskʷé- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥-skʷ-e-tos Proto-Indo-European
- *sek- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sokʷ-h₁-yé- Proto-Indo-European
- *sokʷ-yo- Proto-Indo-European
- *sokʷyo- Proto-Indo-European
- *sékʷetor Proto-Indo-European
- obsequioso Portuguese
- *sagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *sagjaz Proto-Germanic
- *sagǭ Proto-Germanic
- *sehwaną Proto-Germanic
- *siuniz Proto-Germanic
- *sōkniz Proto-Germanic
- missjå Norwegian Nynorsk
- fo-scéal Irish
- fosheicheamh Irish
- leithscéalach Irish
- príomhsheicheamh Irish
- scéalach Irish
- scéalaigh Irish
- scéalaí Irish
- scéalaíocht Irish
- soiscéalaigh Irish
- sjá Old Norse
- sýna Old Norse
- sýning Old Norse
- sýnn Old Norse
- vansénn Old Norse
- yfirsjón Old Norse
- obsequiós Catalan, Valencian
- cosb Welsh
- հաճ Old Armenian
- doscéulai Old Irish
- leithscél Old Irish
- seichem Old Irish
- 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *sekʷeti Proto-Celtic
- *sekʷo Proto-Celtic
- *sekʷo- Proto-Celtic
- *skʷetlom Proto-Celtic
- *sekʷōr Proto-Italic
- sakyti Lithuanian
- *soiscél Middle Irish
- *sākska Proto-Albanian
- *háčaH, *háčā Proto-Iranian
- 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 Old Persian
- ҳикоя Tajik
- *šoke- urj-fpr-pro
- show
- ensue
- obsequy
- execute
- signage
- sequencer
- executrix
- execution
- executable
- prosecutor
- sequential
- designative
- sequestrate
- executioner
- associative
- subsequence
- prosecution
- electrocute
- subsequently
- unobsequious
- nonextrinsic
- sequenceless
- sequestrator
- biosignature
- sequestrable
- obsequiously
- non sequitur
- consequently
- dissociative
- disassociate
- sequaciously
- electrocution
- associational
- consequential
- associativity
- nonsequential
- main sequence
- subsequential
- non-sequential
- consequentness
- sequaciousness
- preassociative
- disassociation
- subsequentness
- obsequiousness
- inconsequently
- nonsequentially
- inconsequential
- subsequentially
- consequentially
- electrocutioner
- consequentiality
- nonsequentiality
- unobsequiousness
- inconsequentness
- inconsequentially
- consequentialness
- inconsequentiality
- inconsequentialness