English
consecute
Consecute comes from Latin consequor ‘to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetor‘to be following’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōr‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequor‘to follow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsequoras consequor‘to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another’
- Englishearliest quotation 1536consecute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetor‘to be following’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōr‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequor‘to follow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsequoras consequor‘to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another’
- Englishearliest quotation 1536consecute
Earliest quotation: 1536, L. Gray: “For, as ferr as I can lerne, few men…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
say, see, social, saw, society, second, sight, executive, subsequent, associate, sue, suite, saga, consequence, consequently, intrinsic, sequential, dissociation, sequestration, extrinsic, dissociate, sequester, seg, 30 more
through Proto-Italic *sekʷōr ‘to follow, come/go after’
through Latin sequor ‘to follow’
suit, pursue, sequence, sequel, prosecution, execute, sect, persecution, ensue, executor, consequent, segue, sequitur, persecute, 18 more
Today it means
verb To follow closely; to endeavour to overtake; to pursue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- / consecute