sequel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A book, film, or play that continues the story of an earlier one.

   The film was so popular that they made a sequel.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that happens after, and as a result of, an earlier event.

   The court case was a sad sequel to the family dispute.

Simplified etymology

Sequel, from Latin sequi, “to follow,” originally meant “a band of followers” in Late Middle English. By the early 16th century it had developed the senses “what happens afterward” and “the remaining part of a story.”

From Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī (“to follow”). Doublet of sequela.

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