Subsequent
/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/noun
Coming after something else in time, order, or sequence.
Did you know?Subsequent comes from Latin *subsequens*, literally “following close behind,” from *sub-* “under, after” + *sequi* “to follow,” the same ancient root behind words like *sequence* and *consequence*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sekw-
“to follow”
Latin
Latin
sequi
“to follow”
Latin
Latin
subsequi
“to follow closely behind”
Late Latin
Latin
subsequentem
“following, coming after”
Middle English
English
subsequent
“following after; next in order”
Modern English
English
subsequent
“coming after in time or order”