deferential

deferential · adjective¹

From deference (or its Latin type *dēferentia) + -al; compare essence, essential; prudence, prudential, etc. Coined by Scottish novelist, poet and playwright Walter Scott.

deferential · adjective²

1. French · borrowed fromdéférentiel
2. English todaydeferential

From French déférentiel, from déférent + -iel.