Question

Obsequious (adjective)

Accepted Answer

Servile and fawning; overly deferential.

Obsequious contains the Latin root usually spelled sequ or sec and meaning “follow”; in other words, obsequious people follow others to gain their favor. This fertile root also gives us sequence, non sequitur, sequel, consecutive, persecute, second, sect, consequence, and subsequent.

Front	Obsequious (adjective)
Back	Servile and fawning; overly deferential. Obsequious contains the Latin root usually spelled sequ or sec and meaning “follow”; in other words, obsequious people follow others to gain their favor. This fertile root also gives us sequence, non sequitur, sequel, consecutive, persecute, second, sect, consequence, and subsequent.

Obsequious Root Adjective Servile Fawning Overly Deferential Latin