The story
- Latin · derived fromoboedientia
- Old French · derived fromobedience
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromobedience
- Middle English · inherited fromobedience
- English todayobedience
From Middle English obedience, from Anglo-Norman obedience, from Old French obedience (modern French obédience), from Latin oboedientia. Displaced native Old English hīersumnes (compare modern English hearsomeness). Cognate with obeisance.
Words from the same roots
Latinoboedientia all →
obedientiary
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.