Consecutive means following one after another without a break. Three consecutive wins, consecutive days, consecutive numbers.
The without a break part is the whole content of the word: three consecutive wins means no loss in between. In sentencing, consecutive sentences run one after the other, as against concurrent ones, which run at the same time.
1adjectiveconsecutiveFollowing one after another without a break.
“It rained for five consecutive days, and the river burst its banks.”
consecutive is a quality of order.
Latin consecutivus comes from consequi, to follow after — con plus sequi, to follow.
Latin
cōnsecūtus — followed up
Medieval Latin
cōnsecūtīvus
French
consécutif
English, today
consecutive
From French consécutif, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from Latin cōnsecūtus (“followed up”), from Latin cōnsequor (“to travel”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA