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Where does “series” come from?

Series comes from Latin series, derived from the Latin verb serere meaning "to join or connect," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ser-.

series (English): A number of things that follow on one after the...

Definitions

  1. A number of things that follow on one after the...

Ancestry of “series”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinseriēs—
2Latinserō—
3Latinsērus—
4Proto-Italicswerjos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury

Words derived from “series”

  • miniseries
  • seriation
  • subseries
  • uniseriate
  • multiseriate
  • seriate
  • biseriate
  • triseriate
  • nonseries
  • maxiseries
  • uniseriately
  • preseries
  • superseries
  • seriately
  • metaseries
  • transseries
  • 系列
  • シリーズ
  • 시리즈
  • ซีรีส์
  • seris
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