Etymograph

English

inobedient

Inobedient comes from Latin inoboediens ‘not obedient’, from inoboediō ‘to disobey’, and ultimately from oboediō ‘to obey, yield obedience to’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoboediō‘to obey, yield obedience to’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinoboediōas inoboedire, present participle‘to disobey’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinoboediens‘not obedient’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400inobedient
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘disobedient’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1817same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoboediō‘to obey, yield obedience to’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinoboediōas inoboedire, present participle‘to disobey’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinoboediens‘not obedient’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400inobedient
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘disobedient’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1817same form

Earliest quotation: 1817, Hurst: “[...] I'se near be the ill bird and foul…”

Linked words

through Latin oboediō ‘to obey, yield obedience to’

obey, 2 more

Today it means

adj Not obedient; disobedient.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin oboediō / inobedient

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