Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin oboedient-, oboediens, from present participle of oboedīre "to follow the commands of, submit to"
adjective
submissive to the restraint or command of authority : willing to obey
an obedient child
obedientdociletractableamenable mean submissive to the will of another. obedient implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority. docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance.