obsequious的词源

英文词源

obsequious: obsequious: see sequence
obsequious (adj.): late 15c., "prompt to serve," from Middle French obséquieux (15c.), from Latin obsequiosus "compliant, obedient," from obsequium "compliance, dutiful service," from obsequi "to accommodate oneself to the will of another," from ob "after" (see ob-) + sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Pejorative sense of "fawning, sycophantic" had emerged by 1590s. Related: Obsequiously; obsequiousness (mid-15c.).

来自拉丁语obsequium,顺从，履行服务职责，来自ob-,向前，朝向，-sequi,跟随，词源同sequence.原为跟班，跟随，后引申词义巴结的，讨好的。

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