English
sequestration
Sequestration comes from Latin sequestrō ‘sequester’, from sequestrum ‘depository’, and ultimately from secus ‘otherwise, to the contrary’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecus‘otherwise, to the contrary’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequester‘mediator, trustee’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequestrum‘depository’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequestrō‘sequester’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsequestrātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sequestration
- Englishearliest quotation 1838same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecus‘otherwise, to the contrary’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequester‘mediator, trustee’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequestrum‘depository’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequestrō‘sequester’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsequestrātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sequestration
- Englishearliest quotation 1838same form
Earliest quotation: 1838, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Henry Colburn: “In possession of ample property, it was not from…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
see, say, social, second, saw, society, executive, suit, sight, associate, pursue, sue, execute, subsequent, saga, consecutive, prosecution, consequence, consequently, sect, intrinsic, persecution, executor, ensue, sequential, persecute, extrinsic, consequent, dissociation, dissociate, segue, seg, sequitur, 36 more
Today it means
noun The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin secus / sequestration