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Subsequent

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means coming after something else in time; following
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Stage 1 of 2
subsequi
Latin · ancient
"to follow after"
to follow closely after, from sub- (under, after) and sequi (to follow)
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Stage 2 of 2
subsequent
English · 1400s
"coming after something in time, following"
settled as the English word for coming after something in time
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