"selon" meaning in French

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Preposition

IPA: /sə.lɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-selon.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French selunc, selonc, from earlier solonc, sulonc, sulunc, probably from a Vulgar Latin *sublungum, from Latin sub + longum, possibly a calque of Frankish *galang (“according, depending, relating to”). Alternatively from a supposed Old French *seon, an old form of segun, son (“in accordance with”) (itself from Latin secundum; compare Old Occitan segon), later crossed with long, lonc. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|frk}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|selunc|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French selunc, {{inh+|fr|fro|selunc}} Inherited from Old French selunc, {{inh|fr|VL.||*sublungum}} Vulgar Latin *sublungum, {{inh|fr|la|sub}} Latin sub, {{calque|fr|frk|*galang|nocap=1|nocat=1|t=according, depending, relating to}} calque of Frankish *galang (“according, depending, relating to”), {{der|fr|fro||*seon}} Old French *seon, {{cog|pro|segon}} Old Occitan segon Head templates: {{fr-prep}} selon
  1. according to; whichever applies; depending on Derived forms: selon que
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