Etymograph

English

assecution

Assecution comes from Latin assequi ‘to obtain’, from sequor ‘to follow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-1‘to follow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetor1‘to be following’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōr1‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequor2as sequi‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEassequi2‘to obtain’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentassécution2
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1726assecution2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sequor
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English assecution
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or: “a Benefice is said to be void by the…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-Wiktionary, Latin sequor‘to follow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetorWiktionary, Latin sequor‘to be following’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōrWiktionary, Latin sequor‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequorWiktionary, English assecutionas sequi‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEassequiWiktionary, English assecution‘to obtain’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentassécutionWiktionary, English assecution
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1726assecutionWiktionary, English assecution. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or: “a Benefice is said to be void by the…”

Linked words

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

say, see, social, saw, society, second, sight, executive, subsequent, sue, suite, associate, saga, consequence, consequently, intrinsic, sequential, extrinsic, sequestration, sequester, dissociation, dissociate, seg, 29 more

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

pursuit, suitor, 15 more

through Latin sequor ‘to follow’

suit, pursue, sequence, sequel, execute, consecutive, prosecution, sect, ensue, persecution, consequent, executor, segue, persecute, sequitur, 17 more

Today it means

noun acquisition; an obtaining

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “assecution”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sequor. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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