English → Latin
“sequel” in Latin
exeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escapeēventusevent, occurrence, reality; outcome, consequence, resultfīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landsēveniōto happen, occur; to come forth; to happen to, befall (someone)
The English word sequel itself goes back to Latin sequor, through sequēla.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sequel
exitus: eventus (differ nearly as our “event” and “result,” Cic., Invent., 1, 28, 42. eventus est alicujus exitus negotii, in quo quaeri solet, quid ex quaqua re evenerit, eveniat, eventurum sit; hence, also, exitus eventusque; eventus atque extius): finis (the end).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sequel?
- The usual Latin words for “sequel” are exeō, ēventus, fīnis; also ēveniō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.