Where does “séquence” come from?
séquence (French) comes from Italian sequenza, from Late Latin sequentia, from Latin sequens, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
séquence (French): sequence
Ancestry of “séquence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sequenza | sequence; row |
| 2 | Late Latin | sequentia | a following |
| 3 | Latin | sequens | following |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
Words derived from “séquence”