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Second - the word has many meanings as a verb, adjective and a noun, but we will focus on the relationship between second, adj. - next after the first and second, n. - a sixtieth of a minute. Second as the next after the first enters English language around 1300 and comes from old French second, which originated in Latin secundus, meaning following in order, sequi =  follow. Second with the meaning of a sixtieth of a minute appears in English about a hundred years later, originating in old French seconde, coming from Latin secunda - short from secunda pars minuta = second diminished part. This phrase denotes the second division of an hour, the first division being the division of an hour into sixty minutes (prime minute).