English
sequacity
Sequacity comes from Latin sequācitās ‘pursuit’, from sequāx ‘following, sequacious’, and ultimately from 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 CEsequāx‘following, sequacious’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequācitās‘pursuit’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1627sequacity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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 CEsequāx‘following, sequacious’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequācitās‘pursuit’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1627sequacity
Earliest quotation: a. 1627, Francis Bacon: “a highly coloured substance , which has not the…”
Formed from -acity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
say, see, second, saw, social, executive, society, sight, associate, sue, suite, subsequent, saga, consequence, consequently, intrinsic, sequential, dissociation, extrinsic, sequestration, dissociate, seg, sequester, 29 more
through Proto-Italic *sekʷōr ‘to follow, come/go after’
through Latin sequor ‘to follow’
suit, pursue, consecutive, execute, prosecution, sequence, persecution, sequel, sect, executor, ensue, persecute, consequent, segue, sequitur, 17 more
Today it means
noun Quality or state of being sequacious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- / sequacity