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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/07/05 20:47 UTC 版)
Inherited from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ- (“to follow”). The perfect participle secūtus must have been created innovatively as a replacement for the more archaic participle *sekʷtos, which is the source of sector (“to follow continually”). The impetus for the remodeling was perhaps the analogical pressure of the participles to other uō-verbs, such as minūtus. Alternatively, Leppänen suggests that this reshaping occurred so as to avoid homophony with sectus. Cognates include Sanskrit सचते (sácate), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬉 (hacaitē) and Ancient Greek ἕπομαι (hépomai).
sequor (present infinitive sequī, perfect active secūtus sum or sequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
The verb dūcere is used for "to be followed," effectively giving dūcere two passives, this verb being one of them.
In later Latin, an active voice was invented for "to follow," leading to the passive forms being relegated to "to be followed."