obsequioso

Latin

Adjective

obsequiōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of obsequiōsus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• obzequioso (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Latin sequor

Latin obsequor

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin obsequium

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin obsequiōsuslbor.

Portuguese obsequioso

Learned borrowing from Latin obsequiōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zu/, (faster) /ob.zeˈkjo.zu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔb.zɨˈkjo.zu/ [ɔβ.zɨˈkjo.zu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔb.zɨˈkjo.zu/ [ɔβ.zɨˈkjo.zu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔb.zɨˈkjo.zu/

Adjective

obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas, metaphonic)

1. obsequious; obedient (compliant with someone else’s orders)
2. obsequious; fawning; subservient

   Synonym: submisso

   • 1742, João de Barros, Chronica de Emperador Clarimundo, page 12:

     […] parecendo-me antes sacrîlego desacato, do que obzequioso tributo do meu affecto.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “obsequioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “obsequioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Latin sequor

Latin obsequor

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin obsequium

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin obsequiōsusder.

Spanish obsequioso

Derived from Latin obsequiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obseˈkjoso/ [oβ̞.seˈkjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ob‧se‧quio‧so

Adjective

obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas)

1. obsequious

Derived terms

• obsequiosamente
• obsequiosidad

Related terms

• obsequiar

Further reading

• “obsequioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026