English
inconsequent
Inconsequent comes from Middle French inconséquent.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inconséquent
- Englishearliest quotation 1903inconsequent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600inconséquent
- Englishearliest quotation 1903inconsequent
Earliest quotation: 1903, Henry James: “She looked at him a minute, and it came…”
Every English word from Middle French inconséquent
Today it means
adj illogical; not following from the premises
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French inconséquent / inconsequent