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I would like someone to confirm this etymology. It seems legit, but my (elementary) dictionary as well as Perseus mention only the supposedly "less proper" obedire. Possibly, this is folk etymology, esp. the ob + audire portion. 218.186.8.242 05:34, 16 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
Etymology
- < Middle English obeyen from Old French obeir < Latin obaedire, less prop. obēdīre, later L. also obaudire, ML. obēdīre (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”) < ob- (“before, near”) + audīre (“to hear”); cf. audient.