English
consequently
Consequently comes from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consequentely
- Englishearliest quotation 1668consequently
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consequentely
- Englishearliest quotation 1668consequently
Earliest quotation: 1668, James Dalrymple, Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun: “He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had…”
Formed from consequent + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
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Latin sequor ‘to follow’
Latin consequi ‘to follow’
Latin consequens
Middle French conséquent
English consequent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
see, say, social, saw, second, society, executive, suit, sight, associate, pursue, sue, execute, saga, prosecution, consecutive, sequence, subsequent, persecution, sequel, sect, intrinsic, executor, dissociation, persecute, sequential, extrinsic, dissociate, ensue, sequestration, segue, seg, sequester, sequitur, 35 more
Today it means
adv As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- / consequently