• db2@lemmy.world
    2 months

    Only if you don’t bother to learn what the words you use mean.

    Inherited from Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (“with”). … Indicating a common origin, from, coming from the root: consequence as what comes from the sequence

      • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2 months

        I think that would be presequence.

        Pro means on behalf of or forward, so a prosequence would be something that pushes the sequence forward, a prosequence would be something like, “you know there is a bomb that is about to go off, and if you do not dismantle it, your child will die. So you must attempt to defuse the bomb at the risk of your own life”.

        The knowledge of and opportunity to act to defuse the bomb is the prosequence that has led you to this point.

        It could also be something like you were walking by a gas station and your hand started itching, so you went and bought a lottery ticket and won the lottery. The itchy hand would be the prosequence that pushed you towards winning the lottery.

        • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
          2 months

          That is the “antecedent”,

          Antecedent: A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.

    • db2@lemmy.world
      2 months

      Antigress

      We should change the name to that for accuracy.

  • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 months

    So you could have a prosequence with a prostitute, but a bad experience would be a consequence of a constitute?