## Meanings
1. coming right after the first in order, time, or position
2. a very short unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute
3. used to introduce the second point in a list or argument
4. to formally support a suggestion or motion at a meeting

## Examples
- This is the second time I've called you today.
- Wait a second, I'm almost ready.
- First, we need money; second, we need a clear plan.
- I'd like to second that proposal.

## Synonyms
- other

## Derived Forms
- secondable
- secondee
- secondment

## Related Forms
- secundal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sekʷ-
- Root: secunde
- Root: second
- Root: secundus

## Etymology
From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)).

## AI Etymology
Second is from Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-, Middle English secunde, Old French second, Latin secundus. In current use it includes senses such as coming right after the first in order, time, or position and a very short unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute.

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