Secute
/sɪˈkjuːt/noun
To follow or pursue, chiefly in obsolete or archaic English.
Did you know?Secute is a rare English survival of the Latin idea of following, preserved in forms such as Latin secūtus, “having followed.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sekw-
“To follow”
Classical Latin
Latin
sequī
“To follow or pursue”
Classical Latin
Latin
secūtus
“Having followed; pursued”
Medieval Latin
Latin
secutus
“Followed or pursued”
15th–16th Century
English
secute
“To follow or pursue”
Modern English
English
secute
“An obsolete or rare verb meaning to follow”