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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary obit
\\ō-ˈbit, ˈō-bət, especially Brit ˈä-bit\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English death, service marking the anniversary of a death, from Anglo-French, from Latin obitus death, from obire to go to meet, die, from ob- in the way + ire to go — more at issue DATE 15th century : obituary obit
late 14c., "death," from L. obitus "death," pp. of obire, lit. "to go toward" (see obituary). In modern usage (since 1874) it is usually a clipped form of obituary, though it had the same meaning of "published death notice" 15c.-17c. The scholarly abbreviation ob. with date is from L. obiit "(he) died," third person sing. of obire. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: post-obit bond
obit
\ˈōbə̇t, ˈäb- also chiefly in sense 3 ōˈbit\ noun
( -s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin obitus, from obitus, past participle of obire to die, from ob- to, over, completely + ire to go — more at ob- , issue 1. obsolete
a. : a person's death : decease
b. : a funeral solemnity : obsequies; specifically : a requiem mass and office of the dead 2. archaic : a service for the soul of a deceased person (as by an institution in memory of its founder) on his deathday : a regularly recurrent memorial service 3. : a notice or record of a person's death and the date thereof; especially : obituary 1
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