Where does “secundly” come from?
secundly (English) comes from English secund, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
secundly (English): In a secund arrangement
Definitions
- In a secund arrangement
Ancestry of “secundly”, step by step
secundly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English secund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | secund | Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves... |
| 2 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 3 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |