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Sequel

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a book, film, or event that follows and continues from an earlier one
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Stage 1 of 3
sequi
Latin · ancient
"to follow"
to follow
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Stage 2 of 3
sequela
Latin · ancient
"that which follows, a consequence"
that which follows, a consequence, from sequi
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Stage 3 of 3
sequel
English · 1400s
"a work that continues the story of an earlier one"
settled as the English word for a work that continues an earlier story
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