corollary

Meanings

Noun

• Something given beyond what is actually due; something added or superfluous.
• Something which occurs a fortiori, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
• A proposition which follows easily from the proof of another proposition.

Adjective

• Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential.
• Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved.

Origin

• From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium ("money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, something extra; consequence, deduction"), from corōlla, diminutive of corōna.