Where does “sequence” come from?
Sequence comes from Middle English sequence, from French sequence, from Late Latin sequentia, from Latin sequens, the present participle of sequi and sequor, both meaning to follow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-.
sequence (English): A set of things next to each other in a set...
Definitions
- A set of things next to each other in a set...
Ancestry of “sequence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sequence | — |
| 2 | Old French | sequence | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | sequentia | a following |
| 4 | Latin | sequens | following |
| 5 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
Words derived from “sequence”