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Non sequitur

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a statement that does not logically follow from what came before it
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Stage 1 of 2
non sequitur
Latin · ancient
"it does not follow"
it does not follow, from non (not) and sequi (to follow)
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Stage 2 of 2
non sequitur
English · 1500s
"a conclusion that does not logically follow"
adopted directly into English logic and rhetoric
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