obsequy

The story

1. Latin · derived fromobsequiī“complaisant, yielding”
2. Old French · derived fromobseque
3. Middle English · inherited fromobseque
4. English todayobsequy

From Middle English obseque, from Old French obseque, osseque, from Latin obsequiī (“complaisant, yielding”), alteration of obsequia (“compliance”) (by confusion, in association with exsequia (“funeral rites”), from exsequī (“follow or accompany to the grave”)).