English word series comes from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-, Latin satum, and later Proto-Italic *serō (Join, bind, link.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*ser- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to flow, run, watch over, protect, to bind, put together, to flow, stream, flow, stream, to watch over, protect, to put in line, in sequence, to tie, to assemble, to arrange, tack, tie, unite |
*seh₁- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to sow, plant, to sow |
satum | Latin (lat) | |
*serō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Join, bind, link. |
*sizō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Sow, plant. |
serus | Latin (lat) | Late, too late. Slow, tardy. |
series | Latin (lat) | A chain. A row. A series. A succession. |
series | English (eng) | (broadcasting, US, Canada) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals. (commerce) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.. (cricket, baseball) A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.. (mathematics) The sequence of partial sums \sum_{i=1}^n{a_i} of a given sequence [...] |