Consecution
/ˌkɒn.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/noun
The following or succession of one thing after another in order.
Did you know?Consecution comes from Latin *consequi*, and in older philosophical and logical writing it could mean a tightly linked sequence of events or thoughts—language used to map reality as ordered cause and effect.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sekw-
“to follow”
Latin
Latin
sequi
“to follow”
Latin
Latin
consequi
“to follow closely, overtake, pursue”
Late Latin
Latin
consecutio
“a following after; sequence, succession”
Middle English
English
consecioun
“sequence, succession”
Modern English
English
consecution
“the following or succession of one thing after another in order”
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