Etymograph

English

secundo

Secundo comes from Italian secondo ‘second’, from Latin 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 CEsequor2‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecundus2‘he who follows, second’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentsecondo3‘second’
  7. Englishtodaysecundo3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sequor
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian secondo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English secundo

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, Italian secondo‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecundusWiktionary, Italian secondo‘he who follows, second’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentsecondoWiktionary, English secundo‘second’
  7. EnglishtodaysecundoWiktionary, English secundo

Linked words

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

say, see, social, saw, society, sight, executive, associate, subsequent, sue, suite, consequence, saga, consequently, intrinsic, sequential, dissociation, sequestration, extrinsic, dissociate, sequester, 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, consecutive, prosecution, execute, persecution, sect, ensue, consequent, executor, segue, persecute, sequitur, 17 more

through Latin secundus ‘he who follows, second’

second, 7 more

Today it means

noun The secondary part of a duet.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “secundo”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin sequor, Italian secondo. 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- / secundo

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