obedecer
/obedeˈθeɾ/ · B1 · verb
to obey
👂🐕 Latin ob- + audire = listen toward: to obey is to really hear
Obedecer and English obey both come from Latin oboedire, ob- (toward) + audire (to hear). Obeying meant giving someone your ear. Its second sense, obedecer a, means something is due to a cause: the result answers to it.