corollary

Meanings

1. A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
2. An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
3. A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

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

Etymology

From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).