obsequiousyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[obsequious 词源字典]
obsequious: see sequence
[obsequious etymology, obsequious origin, 英语词源]
obsequious (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.).