Sequence
/ˈsiː.kwəns/noun
A set of things arranged in a particular order; a succession of related events or numbers.
Did you know?‘Sequence’ ultimately comes from Latin *sequi* (“to follow”), the same root behind words like *consequence* and *pursue*—language has been tracking this idea of pursuit for over two thousand years.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sekw-
“to follow”
Latin
Latin
sequi
“to follow”
Late Latin
Latin
sequentia
“a following, succession”
Old French
Old French
sequence
“a following, order, succession”
Middle English
English
sequence
“order of things following one another”
Modern English
English
sequence
“an ordered series or succession”
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