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Where does the word "non sequitur" come from? It comes from Latin non sequitur, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
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Where does the word "non sequitur" come from? It comes from Latin non sequitur, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
Non sequitur’s story begins in Latin: non sequitur meant “it does not follow.” It does not follow, from non (not) and sequi (to follow). It reached English by 1500s as non sequitur. Latin 'it does not follow', a term of scholastic logic. Today, non sequitur means a statement that does not logically follow from what came before it.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient non sequitur "it does not follow", it does not follow, from non (not) and sequi (to follow).
- Stage 2 · English · 1500s non sequitur "a conclusion that does not logically follow", Latin 'it does not follow', a term of scholastic logic.