Short for seconds, a unit of time equal to 1/60th of a minute.
From Latin 'secundus' meaning 'second' or 'following,' abbreviated as 'sec' in English and pluralized to 'secs' in informal speech.
The word 'second' originally meant 'the second division of an hour' in medieval timekeeping—the first division was minutes, so seconds literally means 'second minute' in Latin.
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