Etymograph

English

consectaneous

Consectaneous comes from Latin consectaneus ‘following eagerly after, hanging upon’, from cōnsector ‘to seek or pursue, chase’, and ultimately from sector.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsector1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsector2‘to seek or pursue, chase’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsectaneus3‘following eagerly after, hanging upon’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1654consectaneous3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin consector
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin consectaneus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English consectaneous
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1654, Alexander Balloch Grosart: “It is swifter then so : it is not…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectorWiktionary, Latin consector
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsectorWiktionary, Latin consectaneus‘to seek or pursue, chase’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsectaneusWiktionary, English consectaneous‘following eagerly after, hanging upon’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1654consectaneousWiktionary, English consectaneous. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1654, Alexander Balloch Grosart: “It is swifter then so : it is not…”

Linked words

through Latin sector

sector, 1 more

Today it means

adj Following as a matter of course.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consectaneous”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin consector, Latin consectaneus. 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.

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