Etymograph

English

consecute

Consecute comes from Latin consequor ‘to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or…’, and goes back to 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 CEsequor1‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsequor2as consequor‘to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1536consecute2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin consequor
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English consecute
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1536, L. Gray: “For, as ferr as I can lerne, few men…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-Wiktionary, Latin consequor‘to follow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetorWiktionary, Latin consequor‘to be following’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōrWiktionary, Latin consequor‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequorWiktionary, Latin consequor‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsequorWiktionary, English consecuteas consequor‘to move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1536consecuteWiktionary, English consecute. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1536, L. Gray: “For, as ferr as I can lerne, few men…”

Linked words

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

say, see, social, saw, society, second, sight, executive, subsequent, associate, sue, suite, saga, consequence, consequently, intrinsic, sequential, dissociation, sequestration, extrinsic, dissociate, sequester, seg, 30 more

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

pursuit, suitor, 16 more

through Latin sequor ‘to follow’

suit, pursue, sequence, sequel, prosecution, execute, sect, persecution, ensue, executor, consequent, segue, sequitur, persecute, 18 more

Today it means

verb To follow closely; to endeavour to overtake; to pursue.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consecute”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin consequor. 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- / consecute

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