sequela

The story

1. Latin · learned borrowing fromsequēlae
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sekʷ-“to follow”
3. Latin · learned borrowing fromsequēla“aftermath, sequel; consequence, result”
4. English todaysequela

Learned borrowing from Latin sequēla (“aftermath, sequel; consequence, result”), from sequor (“to follow; to come or go after, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)) + -ēla (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Doublet of sequel. The plural form is a learned borrowing from Latin sequēlae.

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