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
1Latinseriēsa row
2Latinserōto sow, plant
3Latinsēruslate, too late
4Proto-Italicswerjos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury

Words derived from “series

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swer-
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