Where does “supersequence” come from?
supersequence (English) comes from English sequence, from Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence, from Late Latin sequentia, from Latin sequens, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor — to follow; to see; to say.
supersequence (English): A superset of sequences
Ancestry of “supersequence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sequence | A set of things next to each other in a set... |
| 2 | Middle English | sequence | — |
| 3 | Old French | sequence | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | sequentia | a following |
| 5 | Latin | sequens | following |
| 6 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |