Etymograph

English

consecutive

Consecutive comes from French consécutif ‘consecutive, successive, sequential’, from Latin cōnsecūtus ‘followed up’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetor‘to be following’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōr‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequor‘to follow’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsequor‘to travel’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsecūtus‘followed up’
  7. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cōnsecūtīvus‘consequent, consequential’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentconsécutif‘consecutive, successive, sequential’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1919consecutive

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetor‘to be following’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōr‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequor‘to follow’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsequor‘to travel’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsecūtus‘followed up’
  7. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cōnsecūtīvus‘consequent, consequential’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentconsécutif‘consecutive, successive, sequential’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1919consecutive

Earliest quotation: 1919, Henry J. Watt, The Foundations of Music: “The theory suggests, but does not state explicitly, that…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’

see, say, social, saw, society, second, sight, associate, subsequent, sue, suite, executive, saga, consequence, consequently, intrinsic, sequential, dissociation, sequestration, extrinsic, dissociate, sequester, seg, 30 more

through Proto-Italic *sekʷōr ‘to follow, come/go after’

pursuit, suitor, 16 more

through Latin sequor ‘to follow’

suit, pursue, sequence, sequel, execute, prosecution, sect, persecution, ensue, executor, consequent, segue, persecute, sequitur, 18 more

Today it means

adj Following, in succession, without interruption.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- / consecutive

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