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Secondary

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means coming after the first, or of secondary importance
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Stage 1 of 2
secundarius
Latin · ancient
"of the second rank"
of the second rank, from secundus (second, following)
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Stage 2 of 2
secondary
English · 1400s
"second in importance, order, or sequence"
settled as the English word for something second in importance or order
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