Etymograph

English

sequitur

Sequitur comes from Latin sequitur ‘it follows’, 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 CEsequor2‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequitur2‘it follows’third person form of sequor
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1843sequitur2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sequor
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English sequitur
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1843, Edgar Allan Poe: “He is accordingly in haste to show that it…”.

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, English sequitur‘to follow’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequiturWiktionary, English sequitur‘it follows’third person form of sequor
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1843sequiturWiktionary, English sequitur. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1843, Edgar Allan Poe: “He is accordingly in haste to show that it…”

Linked words

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

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

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

pursuit, suitor, 16 more

through Latin sequor ‘to follow’

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

Today it means

noun A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sequitur”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sequor. 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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