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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English observen, [[bor|fro|observer|t=to observe, watch over, follow]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Latin observāre, to watch over, heed, attend to, guard, comply with,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from ob-, before, over, and servāre, to watch, keep safe (see [[conserve]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from PIE *ser-, to protect.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|observen]], [[bor|fro|observer|t=to observe, watch over, follow]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[la|observāre]], to watch over, heed, attend to, guard, comply with,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from ob-, before, over, and [[m|la|servāre]], to watch, keep safe (see [[conserve]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[ine-pro|*ser-]], to protect.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==