obsequy

Meaning

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

Translations

أوبسيكوي

Trauerfeier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/

Etymology

Inherited from 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”)).