sequel

noun

1. a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.
2. an event or circumstance following something; subsequent course of affairs.
3. a result, consequence, or inference.

noun

1. anything that follows from something else; development
2. a consequence or result
3. a novel, play, etc, that continues a previously related story

n.early 15c., “train of followers,” from Old French sequelle (14c.), from Late Latin sequela “that which follows, result, consequence,” from sequi “to follow, come after, follow after, attend, follow naturally,” from PIE root *sekw- (1) “to follow” (cf. Sanskrit sacate “accompanies, follows,” Avestan hacaiti, Greek hepesthai “to follow,” Lithuanian seku “to follow,” Latin secundus “second, the following,” Old Irish sechim “I follow”). Meaning “consequence” is attested from late 15c. Meaning “story that follows and continues another” first recorded 1510s. A narrative or dramatic work complete in itself but designed to follow an earlier one. Through the Looking-Glass is a sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.