suivant French · revision 17001

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1200, Poème moral (siwant)|origins=la sequor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sɥi.vɑ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suivant''' (feminine suivante, masculine plural suivants or (obsolete) suivans, feminine plural suivantes)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''siwant'' (about 1200), ''suiant'' (early 13th century), ''sywant'' (1276), ''sievant'' (late 14th century).^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the present participle of [[suivre]], used as an adjective, a noun and, from 1459, a preposition.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) The verb, at first [[m|fro|sivre]], comes from [[la-vul|*sequō|alt=*sequere]], for [[la|sequor|t=to follow]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Wiktionary compares [[la|sequēns|alt=sequentem]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Poème moral'' (about 1200) uses ''siwant'' for a child, a descendant.^(TLFi) In the 14th and 15th centuries ''les sigans'', ''suivans'' of mares or cows were their sucking young.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Jean Renart (first half of the 13th century) uses ''suiant'' as an adjective, “coming after”.^(TLFi) Froissart (late 14th century) has ''sievant'' for an attendant, and Corneille's comedy ''La Suivante'' (1634) is named for a lady's maid, Molière and Furetière have ''fille suivante'', ''demoiselle suivante''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) Régnier (1609) uses it for a follower, a disciple, and Cotgrave (1611) for the next in a line of succession.^(TLFi) The Académie (1694) records ''pour les raisons suivantes'' “for the following reasons”.^(TLFi)

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+ The preposition meant “along” in 1459; from 1538 it meant “in accordance with”, from 1690 “depending on”, and ''suivant que'' “according as” dates from 1662.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200 – ''Siwant'' “descendant”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1276 – ''Sywant'', adjective.^(TLFi)

+ * 1459 – The preposition, “along”.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1538 – Preposition “in accordance with”.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1634 – Corneille's ''La Suivante''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1694 – ''Les raisons suivantes'', Académie.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|next]], [[m|en|following]]: ''le jour suivant'', ''la page suivante''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Following, about to be stated: ''pour les raisons suivantes''.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The next one: ''au suivant !''.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # An [[m|en|attendant]], follower, ''(feminine, theatre)'' a lady's maid, ''une suivante''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

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+ ===Preposition===

+ # According to, in accordance with: ''suivant la loi'', ''suivant son habitude'', ''suivant tel auteur''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # Depending on: ''suivant les cas'', ''suivant que'', according as.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suivre]]

+ * [[suite]]

+ * [[poursuivre]]

+ * [[la|sequor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}