sequel English · revision 10655

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1420|origins=frm sequelle|origins=la-lat sequela}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsiː.kwəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|sequelle]] and directly from Late Latin sequēla, that which follows, a result,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from sequī, to follow (see [[sue]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) cognate with Greek hépesthai, to follow, and Sanskrit sácate, he accompanies.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A band of followers, a retinue: about 1420 in the OED;^(OED 1989)^(Cresswell 2021) a consequence or corollary, 1439 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Offspring, heirs or descendants is from about 1440–50, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) A result of an event or course of action is from 1477.^(OED 1989) A story that continues an earlier one is first recorded before 1513,^(Barnhart 1988) the 1510s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) Max Beerbohm coined ''sequelula'', a small sequel (1912).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1420 – a train of followers.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1439 – a consequence.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1450 – descendants (obsolete).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * before 1513 – a continuing story.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A book, film or play that continues the story of an earlier one.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something that follows; a result or [[consequence]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prequel]]

+ * [[sequelize]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sue]]

+ * [[sequence]]

+ * [[consequence]]

+ * [[second]]

+ * [[sect]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}