The story
- Latin · derived fromsequor
- Old French · derived fromsuiant
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromsuant
- Middle English · inherited fromsuant“following”
- English todaysuant
From Middle English suant (“following”), from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin sequor.
Words from the same roots
Latinsequor all →
segue
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.