Etymology

secund

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Today it means: Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk; unilateral. Full definition →

Latin secundus
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  1. Latin · derived fromsecundus“following the course or current of wind or water”
  2. English todaysecund

From Latin secundus (“following the course or current of wind or water”). Doublet of second and secundo.

Words from the same roots

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second

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