Where does “second” come from?
second (Old French) comes 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.
second (Old French): second
Ancestry of “second”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 2 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
Words derived from “second”