obsequy

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The last office for the dead.
2. (in-plural) A funeral rite or service.

Vertalings

أوبسيكوي

Trauerfeier

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: obseque

In summary

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”)).