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Where does “sequent” come from?

Sequent comes from Old French sequent, from Latin sequentem (accusative of sequens, "following"), derived from the Latin verb sequi and sequor, meaning "to follow," ultimately from Proto-Italic sekʷōr and Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-.

sequent (English): That comes after in time or order; subsequent;...

Definitions

  1. That comes after in time or order; subsequent;...

Ancestry of “sequent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsequent—
2Latinsequentemaccusative masculine singular of sequēns;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “sequent”

  • hypersequent
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