Etymograph

English

secus

Secus comes from Latin secus ‘otherwise, to the contrary’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecus1‘otherwise, to the contrary’
  2. Englishtodaysecus1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English secus

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecusWiktionary, English secus‘otherwise, to the contrary’
  2. EnglishtodaysecusWiktionary, English secus

Linked words

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

say, see, social, saw, society, second, suit, sight, executive, associate, pursue, sue, subsequent, sequence, saga, consequently, sequel, consecutive, prosecution, execute, intrinsic, persecution, sequential, ensue, sect, dissociation, consequent, extrinsic, executor, dissociate, segue, persecute, sequitur, seg, 33 more

through Latin secus ‘otherwise, to the contrary’

sequestration, sequester

Today it means

adv otherwise, to the contrary.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “secus”. 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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