Consequence
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late Middle English: via Old French from Latin consequentia, from consequent- ‘following closely’, from the verb consequi .
wiktionary
From Middle English consequence, from Old French consequence [1], from Latin consequentia.
etymonline
consequence (n.)
late 14c., "logical inference, conclusion," from Old French consequence "result" (13c., Modern French conséquence), from Latin consequentia, abstract noun from present-participle stem of consequi "to follow after," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + sequi "to follow" (from PIE root *sekw- (1) "to follow").
Meaning "that which follows from or grows out of any act or course" is from c. 1400. Sense of "importance, significance" (1590s) is from notion of being "full of consequences."
