sequel

See also: séquel

English

Etymology

From Middle French séquelle [1], from Latin sequela, from sequi (“to follow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːkwəl/
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  • Rhymes: -iːkwəl

Noun

sequel (plural sequels)

  1. (dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.
    • John Bunyan (1678) The Pilgrim's Progress: “Now here Christian was worse put to it than in his fight with Apollyon, as by the sequel you shall see.”
  2. (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.

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▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*sek%CA%B7-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *sekʷ-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *sekʷ-</a>‎ (1 c, 0 e)
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*sek%CA%B7-_(follow)' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *sekʷ- (follow)'>English terms derived from the PIE root *sekʷ- (follow)</a>‎ (0 c, 107 e)

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References
  1. “sequel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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