Etymograph

English

consecution

Consecution comes from Latin cōnsecūtiō ‘effect, proper sequence, attainment’, from cōnsequor ‘to follow, result, reach’, 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 CEsequor1‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsequor2‘to follow, result, reach’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsecūtiō2‘effect, proper sequence, attainment’past participle of cōnsequor
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consecucioun2‘attainment’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1664consecution2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin consequor
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English consecution
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1664, Isaac Newton, Memoirs of the life: “there shall be generated such a consecution of colours,…”.

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 CEcōnsequorWiktionary, English consecution‘to follow, result, reach’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsecūtiōWiktionary, English consecution‘effect, proper sequence, attainment’past participle of cōnsequor
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consecuciounWiktionary, English consecution‘attainment’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1664consecutionWiktionary, English consecution. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1664, Isaac Newton, Memoirs of the life: “there shall be generated such a consecution of colours,…”

Linked words

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

say, see, social, saw, society, second, sight, associate, executive, subsequent, sue, suite, saga, consequence, consequently, intrinsic, sequential, dissociation, extrinsic, sequestration, 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, execute, prosecution, sect, persecution, ensue, executor, consequent, segue, persecute, sequitur, 18 more

Today it means

noun A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consecution”; 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.

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