Origin: Latin prefix sub-
Subsequent has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
"The subsequent meetings were scheduled to review the progress made during the initial phase of the project."
In plain English: Subsequent means happening after something else.
"The subsequent meeting was held to discuss the new project plans."
Usage: Use subsequent to describe events that happen later than another specific point in time without implying immediate succession. It is often confused with successive, which refers only to things happening one directly after the other in a sequence.
The word entered English via Middle French as subséquent, derived from the Latin verb meaning "to follow" or "to come after." It originally described something that happens in sequence following a specific event.