How to Spell second
second
second - adjective
- Next to the first in place or time
- Ranking next below the top of a grade or degree in authority or precedence
- Alternate, other
- Resembling or suggesting a prototype : another
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"was second in line"
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French secund, from Latin secundus second, following, favorable, from sequi to follow