Etymology

series

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Today it means: A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other. Full definition →

Latin seriēs ← Proto-Italic *serō ← Proto-Indo-European *séreti
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*séreti
  3. Proto-Italic*serō
  4. Latinserō
  5. Latinseriēs
  6. English todayseries

Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer.

Words from the same roots

Latinseriēs all →

seriatim

Proto-Indo-European*ser- all →

insertheroobserveconciergeHermessorcererSerbsorceryheresyberserksarksortieberserkerHeratdiaeresissereseracensorcellirenic

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