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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots
 
ENTRY:sekw-1
DEFINITION:To follow.
Derivatives include sequel, execute, pursue, and society.
1. sect, segue, seguidilla, sequacious, sequel, sequence, sue, suit, suite, suitor; consequent, ensue, execute, obsequious, persecute, prosecute, pursue, subsequent, from Latin sequ, to follow. 2. sequester, sequestrum, from Latin sequester, “follower,” mediator, depositary. 3. Suffixed (participial) form *sekw-ondo-. second2, secondo, secund, secundines, from Latin secundus, following, coming next, second. 4. Suffixed form *sekw-os, following. extrinsic, intrinsic, from Latin secus, along, alongside of. 5. Suffixed form *sekw-no-. scarlet, scarlatina, seal1, segno, sigil, sign; assign, consign, designate, insignia, resign, from Latin signum, identifying mark, sign (< “standard that one follows”). 6. Suffixed o-grade form *sokw-yo-. sociable, social, society, socio-; associate, consociate, dissociate, from Latin socius, ally, companion (< “follower”). (Pokorny 1. sek- 896.)
 
 
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