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==Etymology==
− It is late Middle English, [[bor|fro|consequence|t=result]] (modern French conséquence),^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from Latin consequentia,^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) an abstract noun from consequēns, consequentem, present participle of consequī, to follow after,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from com-, with, together, and sequī, to follow (from PIE [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|alt=*sekw-|t=to follow]]).^(Etymonline) See [[sequel]].^(Cresswell 2021)
+ It is late Middle English, [[bor|fro|consequence|t=result]] (modern [[fr|conséquence]]),^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from [[la|consequentia]],^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) an abstract noun from [[m|la|consequēns]], consequentem, present participle of [[m|la|consequī]], to follow after,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from com-, with, together, and [[m|la|sequī]], to follow (from PIE [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|alt=*sekw-|t=to follow]]).^(Etymonline) See [[sequel]].^(Cresswell 2021)
==Earliest recorded meaning==