Why is it "sequacity" and not "sequenicity"?
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00:00 Why Is It &Quot;Sequacity&Quot; And Not &Quot;Sequenicity&Quot;?
00:35 Accepted Answer Score 7
01:29 Answer 2 Score 2
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 7
sequacity and sequacious, meaning obsequiousness/servile following of others/thoughtless, uncritical acceptance is somewhat archaic.
sequenicity is ... to put it bluntly 'not a word' (meaning it is not really accepted, not in any dictionary, prescriptive, descriptive or otherwise) and is actually not used by anybody. It looks like a neologism or a malformed attempt at making a regular extension of sequence.
If the latter, then the appropriate extension of sequence to an adjective would be
sequential
and from that to a noun for the concept would be
sequentiality
Because this started from sequence, all the derivations use 'e' instead of 'a'.
ANSWER 2
Score 2
Sequacity does not proceed from sequence directly. It comes from Sequacious. Both have roots in the same Latin word.
Sequacious: following with smooth or logical regularity.
Therefore, a sequence is sequacious.