obey

(Αγγλικός)

  1. (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
  2. (intransitive) To do as one is told.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).

Συχνότητα

B2
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/əʊˈbeɪ/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English obeyen, from Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboediō (also obēdiō (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”)), from ob- (“before, near”) + audiō (“to hear”). Compare audient. In Latin, ob + audire would have been expected to become Classical Latin *obūdiō (compare in + claudō becoming inclūdō), but it has been theorized that the usual law court associations of the word for obeying encouraged a false archaism from ū to oe, to oboediō (compare Old Latin oinos → Classical Latin ūnus).

Related words

υπακούω

προσέχω

ακούω

πειθαρχώ

συμμορφώνομαι

ipa’kuo

είμαι ευάγωγος

ypakoúo

pitharchó

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